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BEST ALBUMS YOU'VE NEVER HEARD: "Bottomless Pit" by Death Grips

   If you're even a little bit clued into Death Grips you'll know the level of memery that the name implies these days. In fact it's gotten to the stage that the name Death Grips is almost synonymous with musical pretentiousness or the kind of intentional and exclusively experimental appreciation of art and music that comes across as elitist or just plain annoying. And don't worry, I get it. But Bottomless Pit is legitimately great. I've listened to the band's entire discography a number of times through, and while popular opinion would imply that The Money Store is the greatest of their albums I would argue that Bottomless Pit is their magnum opus thus far.
   I've chosen this record as one of my favourite albums you've probably never heard despite the fact that Death Grips are in fact relatively popular - or at the very least infamous - amongst music circles because Death Grips' music is so abrasive and impenetrable that most simply move on without diving in to the rabbit hole and coming out the other side. The trio have a very particular sound that somewhat paradoxically changes and evolves with every release, and that's what makes Death Grips so exciting to listen to from album to album - you never quite know just what you're going to get. Bottomless Pit for me is the perfect amalgamation of the poppier, more accessible sound of The Money Store (understandably widely seen as the best Death Grips album) and the glitchier, darker, more impenetrable sound of albums like No Love Deep Web and the first half of The Powers That B. This is why if you have never heard Death Grips and want to know what all the memery and fuss is about I would recommend Bottomless Pit to you. That and it'll curb-stomp you, take your mum out to dinner and then never call her again.
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