It was only last week at Cool Accidents HQ that I asked WHO THE F*$K ACTUALLY PRE-ORDERS ALBUMS?

Well today I went and answered that very question. Me. I pre-order albums… Well, a singular album at least.

I’d heard the very first taste off the new Hudson Mohawke album Lantern by the way of the Very First Breath featuring Irfane on Soundcloud a few weeks back and while I liked it upon first listen (read: quick click through the waveform) it didn’t blow me away.


 

Enter second cut RYDERZ.

Now even though we follow Hud Mo on Soundcloud we’d somehow missed the Rinse FM radio rip of RYDERZ (complete with a very Rinse FM REWIND) and it wasn’t until the interns unanimously picked it as their fave in this week’s First Impressions article that I actually laid ears on it.

And HOT DAMN… WHAT. A. TUNE.


 

The slightly pitch shifted D.J. Rogers soul sample (which thankfully avoids chipmunk territory) coupled with just enough of that hectic heaviness that Hud Mo does so well had me adding the limited first edition 2LP with print and download card to my shopping cart quicker than you can say WHO THE F*$K ACTUALLY PRE-ORDERS ALBUMS?

Now I’m so bloody excited that even Very First Breath is sounding 1000 times better than it did before and the fact that Miguel’s name appears on the track listing has me frothing at the bit.

Don’t let me down Hud Mo.