Skylar Spence Prom King

When Ryan DeRobertis announced the name change of his project from Saint Pepsi to Skylar Spence, there was no indication of any stylistic departure, though the change arrived with a musical shift toward faster tempos and more pristine production. Whereas Saint Pepsi had often used decades-old boogie, disco, and new wave as grist for the sampling mill, Skylar Spence is intent on trafficking more overtly in those genre aesthetics through his own production techniques and vocal contributions. With Prom King, DeRobertis reorients his music for his new full-band live act and winds up with an album full of tight and enveloping dance tunes.Working with Carpark Records gave me the confidence to go big with the new material: to write pop songs with universal messages in the sonic wrapping paper that Ive grown accustomed to, DeRobertis says. A few songs on Prom King are about specific events in my lifea party where I got too messed up, watching a friends life spiral out of control and trying to helpbut I tried hard not to be too autobiographical because I want my music to unite, above all else. Im much more interested in connecting with the listener than mystifying my personality.While DeRobertis previous long-players have been more amorphous collections in the style of beat tapes, Prom King is compact and cohesive, with the albums varied stylistic references (new wave, UK garage, boogie) united through strong guitar melodies and Todd Edwards-ian cobblings-together of tiny vocal samples. Prom King is DeRobertis making sense of missed opportunities. His high school did not have a prom king; he has filled the position with an imaginative album of personal and musical revisionism. 1.Intro 2.Can't You See 3.Prom King 4.I Can't Be Your Superman 5.Ridiculous! 6.Fall Harder 7.Bounce Is Back 8.Affairs 9.All I Want 10.Cash Wednesday 11.Fiona Coyne

• Internal ID: JITRE
• Format: Cassette
• Genre: Dance & Electronic
• Handling Note: **Please allow an additional 72 hours for this item's shipment.**
• Released: 9/2/22
• Format Detail: Cassette