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The Common Grackle – A medium-sized blackbird whose plumage is black, and has a sheen that is glossy and iridescent. Common Grackles range over almost all of eastern North America east of the Rockies, extending far into Canada in the summer breeding season. They sound like this…

Common Grackle – A new collaboration between and much sought after hip hop producer , who have a new record out on due August 10th called The Great Depression. They sound like this…

Thank God It’s Monday feat. Kool Keith

I’m pretty sure that my friend Neil would describe Common Grackle as being ‘very cerebral’. It’s a brilliant and extremely astute way of describing the sort of trip you’ll be taken on while listening not only to the lyrics, which are sometimes cryptic but always heartbreaking and that hold sentiments that most times hit a little too close to home but also the production by Factor where he effortlessly expands on his work with Gregory Pepper that he began a short time ago with his own recent release .

Gregory Pepper and Factor masterfully handle all of the production and lyrical duties themselves with two exceptions. One of which being the inclusion of Fake Four Inc. label mate and founder Ceschi helping out with his superbly timed schizophrenic rhymes on a couple of tracks and the other being who performs a verse on the opening track of the album called ‘Thank God It’s Monday’.

The Great Depression feat. Ceschi

On this record Factor does such an excellent job of mixing his eclectic hip hop sound with Peppers soulful indie melancholy that I think he’s crafted a new musical genre called indie-hop. On many of the tracks on this record Pepper sings with such fatigued emotion it’s impossible not to feel every single bit of pain and frustration hurling towards you from his seemingly twisted and weakened heart.

All The Pawns

Lyrically and musically, the collaboration of Pepper and Factor paint a sometimes upbeat but ultimately desperate picture of isolation, depression, regret, worry and a myriad of other emotions that will linger long after the songs have been sung and the music has faded. The Great Depression also hosts possibly one of the best, if one of the only songs ever about a grindcore show.

At The Grindcore Show

Yes, a great depression will envelope you when you listen to Common Grackle. That doesn’t mean that there isn’t some sort of hope buried beneath all of the sadness. The song ‘Please Stop’ is taken directly from the notes of Brian Wilson (Caroline, No anybody?) on how to write a masterpiece ballad. It’s one of the prettiest songs on the record and when Gregory Pepper sings ‘…Please stop drinking till your drunk and are caused to stumble…’ you can’t help but feel his languished optimism.

Please Stop

I’ve never been so happy to be so depressed.

sean.