BONES - Garbage

BONES releases this studio album via the TeamSESH label on June 14, 2014. It is part of a period of intense productivity marked by a flurry of releases, including the albums CRACKER, Creep, PaidProgramming, and Scumbag in 2013, as well as Skinny, TeenWitch, DeadBoy, and Rotten the following year.

A dense architecture of sixteen tracks in thirty minutes

The first track, ReturnOfThePimp, immediately sets a dense conceptual tone for a total duration of 31 min 30 s. This album has exactly 16 tracks, a structure that imposes strict economy on the listening experience. The tracks on the tracklist, with an average length, evoke a humorous or conceptual style from the outset. The density of the tracks in the first part of the album suggests that BONES prioritizes an architecture where every second counts, without seeking to stretch the album out. This tone is established with surgical precision, transforming the limited duration into a concentrated flow of ideas.

At the heart of the album: writing on long tracks like 'Trash'

The presence of titles such as LinksysBroadbandRouter, LayMeInTheRiver, OrderWhatYouWantIWillTakeThePepperonisOff, and IfYouHadAZuneIHateYou confirms this orientation towards the absurd and the conceptual. These titles are not mere anecdotes; they are an integral part of a humorous style where dark humor and cultural references predominate. The album does not seek to unfold over conventional lengths, but uses each track as a distinct narrative unit. The album concludes with the track CheddarBob, thus sealing the total duration of 31 minutes and 30 seconds with a finale that confirms the initial intention of a chronological journey. In this album, no information regarding past or present collaborations is available in structured sources. The invites are not filled out by the available sources, which leaves the artist's solitary structure intact throughout the entire album. The track EveryAlbumHasAnInterludeSoThisIsMine illustrates this desire to control the entire narrative alone.

Black humor and the absurd as a conceptual thread

The production of this album took place under the auspices of the TeamSESH label, although the available information does not allow us to identify the producers or the technical quality of the production beyond that name. The album was released in 2014 by TeamSESH, and it runs 31 minutes and 30 seconds, with 16 tracks. The technical details of the mixing remain unknown, but the album's structure remains intact. The strength of this album lies in its internal coherence and its refusal to follow the beaten path of mass collaboration.

Summary: a concept album in a year full of releases

The discographic context of this period confirms a year 2014 of prodigious intensity for the rapper, marked by the simultaneous release of three other studio albums (DeadBoy, Rotten, and Skinny) in addition to Garbage and TeenWitch. The very structure of Garbage, with its sixteen tracks compressed into 31 minutes and 30 seconds, defies the commercial norms of the era, when the longevity of albums was often sought after. The artist uses this brevity to impose a strict economy on the listening experience, transforming each track into an autonomous narrative unit rather than a mere accumulation of dead air. This approach contrasts with industrial strategies aimed at diluting the listening experience to favor radio airplay or playlists spread over several days. The album's architecture is based on absolute control of the narrative, reinforced by tracks that serve as conceptual measuring scales, such as EveryAlbumHasAnInterludeSoThisIsMine. This strategic decision isolates the creator at the center of his production, refusing the sonic dilution that third-party artists might bring. The tracklist of Garbage, which consists precisely of sixteen tracks for a total duration of 31 minutes and 30 seconds, does not seek to prolong the listening experience as is often required in contemporary industrial strategies that prioritize album longevity. On the contrary, this radical brevity imposes a strict economy where each track, from ReturnOfThePimp to CheddarBob, functions as an autonomous and compressed narrative unit. Although the discography does not allow identifying the producers or the technical details of the mixing, the project's architecture is based on the artist's absolute control of the narrative. This determination to remain isolated at the center of his production contrasts with the previous period, when he released multiple albums in 2013 and 2014, transforming each title like YouCanTellALotAboutAManByTheNeckOfHisShirt or EveryAlbumHasAnInterludeSoThisIsMine into a pure scale of conceptual measurement. The internal coherence of Garbage defies the commercial norms of the era by imposing a compact format where the total duration of 31 minutes and 30 seconds serves as a concentrated expression of ideas rather than a mere accumulation of dead air. BONES released Garbage in 2014, a particularly busy year for the artist with the release of four additional studio albums (DeadBoy and Rotten among others). This studio album fits into this period of high productivity, where the artist multiplies his releases. Garbage is a concept album that imposes a strict economy with sixteen tracks for a compact duration. The album stands out for its evocative and literary tracks, such as YouCanTellALotAboutAManByTheNeckOfHisShirt, which anchors the project in a logic of conceptual writing. With its opening track ReturnOfThePimp and its closing track CheddarBob, it forms a complete narrative cycle.

Technical details

- Release date : June 14, 2014 - Label : TeamSESH - Tracks : 16 (31 min 30 s) - Opening / closing : ReturnOfThePimp / CheddarBob