Shapeshifting artist Toro Y Moi takes the plunge into rap-rock, Soundcloud rap, and Y2K emo on his eighth full length album, Hole Erth. But that’s not all: The album’s title comes from the counterculture publication Whole Earth Catalog, of the late ‘60s and early 70s,. The magazine carried the tagline “access to tools” and offered everything from how-to guides to cultural analysis and self-reliance tools. It spoke to everyone from hippies to technology-heads, which helped lay the groundwork for Silicon Valley’s ethos, and is attuned to TyM’s catalog.
“Things have gone in a more gorp-y direction,” explains the band’s Chaz Bear. “Humans are tapping into this more tribal, earthier aesthetic. The Whole Earth Catalog is this encyclopedic, self-sustaining guide. With the album title alone, that’s something I wanted to spark as a conversation. We can be off the grid, and also be on the internet, and try out all of these different lifestyles at the same time.”
Let’s check out “Tuesday.”
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