A handful of years ago, I often found myself wondering what Epic was up to and if he'd ever return to make music. Then, in 2016, an unreleased Epic song popped up on Hand Solo's "Bassments of Badmen 3" compilation. I then began hearing rumblings from the Audio Recon camp that some of Epic's back catalog was going to be released on wax. Fast forward to today, and Epic is heading up Saskatoon Folk Rap Records along with DJ Chaps, has a cross-ocean partnership with Audio Recon and Pen Thief Records, and is working on a new album (and I talk to the man pretty much every week.) The latest offering is a 7", with the A-Side being a brand new Epic track called "Vancouver In The Rain."
The 7" is backed by an Id Obelus remix and a new track from Add-Vice, from the Low Budget Affiliates, who has also made a grand return to music. The entirety of the 7" is produced by Noblonski who recently launched Pen Thief Records. The title track is a great little whimsical track that finds Epic nonchalantly rhyming like he never left. Id Obelus' "The Mousetrap Remix" is an amazing melodic redux and is certainly my favorite version of the song (Id released a maxi-single of the track a while back with various remixes that you should also peep.) Add-Vice's "Keep Your Distance" is a more upbeat closer that is short and sweet.
I've been told that everyone associated with the crew is hard at work pumping out new content (Gumshoe Strut's new album is next and comes out this Friday.) Peep the project below and buy a physical if you're so inclined! If you purchase it off Noblonski's Bandcamp, you get the instrumentals as well!
Apparently I need to check id obelus. That mouse trap track is dope af
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