Part of the fun in following Chaz Bundick’s musical trajectory is hearing h… Read Full Bio ↴Part of the fun in following Chaz Bundick’s musical trajectory is hearing how he changes up his style from one project to the next. From Causers of This on, each Toro Y Moi release has been a subtle shakeup: 2011’s stellar Underneath the Pine laser-cut the corners of chillwave down to a fine point; 2013’s Anything in Return turned his songwriterly impulses into disco and pop gems; and, most recently, he channeled early experiments with garage and indie rock into this past April’s What For? But each project somehow sounds distinctly like Toro Y Moi, bound by Bundick’s unflagging production chops. The latest Toro Y Moi project, Samantha, is a free mixtape that piles together recordings from as far back as 2012 and as recent as last month. It serves as a neat way of tracking Bundick’s progression as a musician while prominently highlighting his talent for both beat-driven and atmospheric production.

Samantha is filled with unexpected turns. Sparse one- and two-minute instrumental sketches serve as interludes, creating a sense of flow with soul and R&B samples ("Stoned at the MoMA", "Prayer Hands", the Ciara-quoting "Boo Boo Mobile"). Bundick ventures into ambient on glitchy, sedate closer "welp, tour’s over" and "ambient Rainbow", with the latter layering choral vocals and soothing washes of sound to mesmerizing ends. It’s a testament to Bundick’s innovation that he’s still finding ways to contort his signature sound into new shapes. Even when songs do call back to his previous work, as on "Us 2", which pairs a churning hip-hop beat with sugary synth pads that sound lifted from his 2011 cover of Cherrelle’s "Saturday Love", they still put a fresh spin on the approach.

The songs on Samantha are about the ups and downs of relationships, placing most emphasis on the downs. Bundick even goes so far as to tack an extended sample of The Notebook onto the end of creeping, Washed Out-assisted "Want", a move that very narrowly evades tipping over into schmaltz. On the trap-influenced "The Usual", he laments the frustrations of being a workaholic in a relationship, an unusually frank moment from Bundick. Elsewhere, Kool A.D. spins off into woozy, emotionally conflicted verses ("I got problems acting like a fuckin’ grown up," he grouses in Auto-Tune on "Real Love"), while rising Atlanta rapper Rome Fortune relays relationship fallouts on two of the tape’s best tracks, "Pitch Black" and Puff Daddy-sampling "Benjiminz". Samantha lightens up by the end, as on the sweetly jittery "Enough of You", but the main theme seems to be that relationships are complicated messes that can lead to comfort and love as easily as pain and heartbreak.

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Allemeinefreundesindamsee Alle meine Freunde sind am See Aber ich will heute keinen…
Bubble Tea System Nimm dich nicht so wichtig Ist nicht alles ernst Lauf in dei…
Devil I been on vacation Big house but i'm stayin in the…
DU WAYST (Miksu) (Macloud) Du weißt Ich hab' hundert Dollar-Bills ge…
Flowers PVLACE Ich bin drunk, Baby, ich bin so dicht Red Roses lieg…
Glück Pretty motherfuckers mit 'nem broken Heart Früher ohne Chanc…
Gut und Schlecht Mir geht's gut, mir geht's schlecht Meine Mood, alles echt, …
ICONIC Ich bin, du bist, wir sind, wir sind, wir sind…
Intro Sag mir Girl, wo bist du? Ich sag dir, mir geht′s…

KLEEBLATT Deine Wangen wie ein Kleeblatt, wenn es nieselt Deine Augen …
Laid-Back Freestyle Smoke das Gas Nehme ein Dab Deine Bitch nennt mich schon Dad…
LIGHT IT UP Li-li-light it up Baby, light it up (Baby) Baby, light it u…
Lust Alles, was ich such' ist Liebe, doch ich finde nur…
Money Gib mir mehr Money, yeah Gib mir mehr Money, gib mir…
Ready 2 Die Ich war noch nie ready to die wie jetzt I can't…
summerluv Ich such' Summer-Love, denn hier ist Winter, ja Ich hab' dir…
Tal 이젠 알아야만 해 지금껏 너를 피한 이유를 항상 이런 식으로 내맘을 숨길 필요없잖아 네게서…
Tanzt Ayy slim with the sauce Sie tanzt alleine durch die Nacht…
unterwegs Deine Tränen kullern und sie bilden 'nen See Zwei Stunden Sc…
Was Glück ist Pretty motherfuckers mit 'nem broken Heart Früher ohne Chanc…

ZUCKER Zucker auf deinen Lippen, Baby, küss mich Oh mein Gott, ich…

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