More Toro y Moi this week. Thought I'd dish out some Soul Trash after MAHAL, while he's got the blog's attention. In retrospect, the mixtape's a strange sonic bridge between MAHAL and the very different, less good, Outer Peace (which'll maybe conclude this trilogy next time). MAHAL was in the works before and after the Outer Peace and Soul Trash log cabin sessions and some of its sound crops up, in interludes and a chilled out closer, amid these otherwise hip hop-y demos. Singles with the then-unreleased "Drip" (Soul Trash) and "Way Too Hot" (MAHAL) were peddled during Toro's Outer Peace tour (you can still buy them here), and I think it's cool to see how that dance-y/disappointing album could've turned out, as well as hints of the project's acoustic side pushing up against the electronic.
The B-sides off my least favorite Toro y Moi release almost nail down a better vibe, and if you really dig the Chaz Bear Doesn't Care schtick there's a very bizarre Soul Trash companion video waiting for you, too. Thanks for coming dumpster diving.
