Hudson Mohawke formally returns to announce his forthcoming album, Cry Sugar, due August 12. With the announcement arriving alongside a brand new pair of singles in “Cry Sugar (Megamix)” and “Bicstan” plus an accompanying kingcon2k11-directed Megamix visualizer, in 2022, Hudson Mohawke cries sugar.
I’ve a brand new album 😛😛😛😛
“Cry Sugar” is out twelfth August 2022
Teaser beneath 😚😚😚😚https://t.co/jKdiBJYYRq
— Hudson Mohawke (@HudMo) June 28, 2022
On “Cry Sugar (Megamix)” Hudson takes varied components from the complete album to supply a window into the undertaking’s full sonic palette forward of launch, whereas “Bicstan” dabs parts of Roland TB-303 flecked acid and driving gabber alongside floating, effervescent vocals and Kerri Chandler-esque home chords.
Cry Sugar serves as HudMo’s first work deeply knowledgeable by apocalyptic movie scores and soundtracks by everybody from the late Vangelis to the goofy major-chord pomp of 90s John Williams. Cry Sugar additionally serves as Mohawke’s personal demented OST to attain the twilight of our cultural meltdown.
Watch the megamix beneath and stream the primary single, “Bicstan.”
Picture by Jonnie Chambers