TRACK REVIEW: Too Common – Out of Sync EP

A collaboration between North East rap artist Too Common and producer Slowmo after discovering each other on YouTube, Out of Sync is a concept EP that revolves around the idea of feeling out of whack with the rest of your surroundings, drawing on a period in Too Common’s life where that was the case.

The music portrays this, with its use of reflective echoes and an uneasy soundscape under the lyrics; synths bend out of pitch, howling notes appear and disappear. The EP showcases a range of musical style from heavy grime in Foot The Bill to the slower and sexier Too Drunk and the politically charged Receipts, while Muzzle Off combines a very distinctive 80s retro synth-style melody with a cool contemporary vibe.