Before this release I have to admit that I hadn't really heard any of Hermitofthewoods earlier material and wasn't quite sure what to expect. But the fact that Scott Da Ros was handling the production on it was enough for me to get interested. And I'm really glad that I gave this album a chance, because such an album it is! Hermitofthewoods is, for you who haven't heard of him before, a hip hop and spoken word artist based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The concept of spoken word artists dropping albums is far from always a good thing. A lot of the times they end up being too shattered and uninteresting to listen to in full length. Land of the Lotus Eaters however is a great example of how to combine hip hop and poetry and make it a highly enjoyable listening experience. The lyrics and the delivery throughout the album is of the highest class, and goes perfect together with Scott Da Ros personal and dark productions. It's perhaps not the easiest album to get into. The songs take you on weird and unexpected journeys, but journeys that you are more than happy to take as soon as you give the artists the control and just follow along. One of the best albums I've heard so far this year. This is what anticon should have sounded like in 2013.
Rating: 8/10
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