Aesop Rock & Blockhead Announce New Album Trouble Mountain: Hear “Trouble Trouble”

Honestly, just look at that cover art. Really take it in. It's so beautiful. I could stare at it all day. Back in the ancient days when we would sometimes flip through used-CD tracks and buy albums based on cover art alone, that one would've stopped me in my tracks. I would've run to the counter and laid my money down, no questions asked. Just based on that cover art and the shared track record of the two people who made it, Aesop Rock and Blockhead's upcoming LP Trouble Mountain has unbelievably high potential. I expect great things.Verbal iconoclast Aesop Rock and production auteur Blockhead have both been indie rap staples for decades, and their deep legacies are completely intertwined with one another. They've been friends since they were at Boston University together in the '90s, and they've been working together ever since Aesop's self-released 1997 debut Music For Earthworms. Together, they've made classics like 2001's "Daylight." In 2021, Aesop and Blockhead released the excellent Garbology, their first-ever fully collaborative album. With Trouble Mountain, they're doing it again.These days, Aesop Rock and Blockhead remain as busy as ever. Earlier this year, Aesop Rock rele...