{"product_id":"sunset-lodge","title":"Sunset Lodge","description":"\u003cp\u003eSo Glue put out some more music, a little interim project titled “Sunset Lodge” to bridge their debut \u003cspan class=\"caps\"\u003eLP \u003c\/span\u003e“Seconds Away” and the, hopefully, soon to come sophomore effort, “Catch as Catch Can.” For those who don’t know Glue; it is the seamless synthesis of 3 individual artists that together as one body are responsible for some beautiful rap music. Adeem, the only two time Scribble Jam battle champion writes and spits the raps, dj dq contributes cuts so concise to the projects that they leave no incision marks. And then there is the beatmaker\/producer Maker who lays the foundation for the other two to build upon. Maker’s name is starting to gain acclimation because of his layered production evoking multifaceted emotions from listeners of which few other beat makers are capable of.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\t\u003cp\u003eThe ep itself is 8 tracks rich and a pretty thorough project for being an ep. Upon hitting play the listener will take off where “Seconds Away” left off; with those stimulating strings of “Haunt”, the last track on the album. Then dq shreds a an oriental sample leaving his fresh trademark of cutting up the original sample. The intro has a spirit of anxiety and anticipation and is beset with some vocal samples that refer to America’s current political climate and foreshadow the next two songs on the album. On The Dorian Three’s message board Adeem posted a while back that he was going to start infusing more political and social commentaries into his writing. In some aspects this scares me, especially because today’s music scene has been inundated with cheap and unintelligent political commentary, but on the other hand Adeem’s wit and intellect led me to hope that the songs might be sufficient lyrically to please me. “Steal the Crown” is Adeem’s tongue-lashing of Dubya that is very forward in its message. Because this topic has been quite lavishly covered in many songs in the last few years it does not have tremendous appeal yet Adeem does treat it in a new and intriguing way that gives it a fresh new face. The hook is even catchy as Adeem shouts: “You were taught to always obey” echoed by a “We were taught to always obey”, and “Now you must fight to guess what they say” with “Now we must fight to guess what they say.” Whether or not your political inclinations allow you to like or hate this song one cannot help but dig the dope upbeat break that Maker situates atop the swinging bassline accentuated by subtle ambient sounds and flutes. Adeem continues his political onslaught in the third song “We need Aim” that is written in the cause to free Leonard Peltier who has been imprisoned for the last twenty two years because of his political purposes. It is a case hauntingly reminiscent of Mumia Abu-Jamal’s and Assata Shakur. Amnesty International is a good place to gain a greater overview on the situation. Maker provides an oozingly lucid and funky guitar sample and high bpm’s for Adeem to demand justice for Leonard in a rapid fire delivery. On the first two tracks it is noticeable how much Adeem has improved his ability to rip a beat. He rides the first two tracks, that are atypically fast, smoothly and aggressively, sounding a lot more comfortable then he did on “Seconds Away.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\t\u003cp\u003eThe album’s fourth track moves into more familiar territory with “Early Morning Silence.” The beat consists of snappy drums, a guitar run and a dope female vocal sample that dq cuts up. The change up in the middle of the song is one of the reasons Glue is so refreshing. Their songs are reflections of progress and lead the listener on a journey of mood. In the middle of the drums die Adeem’s “life slips away” and a staggering flute sample carries the song into the next chapter. In classic Adeem fashion he ambiguously conjures up imagery of longing and loss with lines such as\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\t\u003cp\u003e“we’re locked at the legs if I move she’ll wake up, \u003cbr \/\u003eso I’ll stay in this position til my whole body’s numb, \u003cbr \/\u003eand when the room is still I write to the rhythm of her pulse, \u003cbr \/\u003ebut it’s always perfect speed so my thoughts are never rushed, \u003cbr \/\u003eand sometimes you roll over and try to mumble good night \u003cbr \/\u003eand I laugh cos your hair’s always sticking up to the right, \u003cbr \/\u003ebrush it away from your face cos your smile’s on, \u003cbr \/\u003esay goodnight to my love and turn my flashlight off…”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\t\u003cp\u003eThe next interlude “Edge On Life” continues to carry the listener in the dreamlike state that “Early Morning Silence”did. In the liner notes it is described as djdq’s “war on technology” as he created it on a 16 track. It is a beautiful musical orchestrations that transports the listener from point A to point B through a wide range of musicality that is not often displayed in Hip Hop. Dq composes “Edge On Life” with a melancholy acoustic guitar that is aided by a vocal sample, a flute, an oriental zither and much mounting emotion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\t\u003cp\u003e“Hold the Horizon” is another song in which Adeem poeticizes his longings. The beat is by no means weak, but does not “grab” me like most of Maker’s productions do. The next song “Still Eyes” hosts a quasi-duet; Adeem, and a singer, Paul Morton trade off expressing thoughts about moving on and staying put. The interplay between Adeem’s bouncy delievery and Morton’s deep, soulful voice is seamless and a perfect blanketing of Maker’s composition that seems to immaculately capture the mood of a late evening in early summer. This is a song that grabs you, transfixing you into a state of solace with its silky smooth bassline that Adeem rides fittingly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\t\u003cp\u003eThe last track might be my favorite on the whole album. It is a new completely new direction to the venture that is Glue. This song has a distinct barnyard blues feel to it and is the group’s first attempt with instrumentalists. The track is so funky that it almost makes you think James Brown picked up the harmonica for it. The swelling harmonica is accentuated by the driving bass and guitar. Adeem uses a Playdough and Pigeonesque rap-sing technique to deliever his most straightforward song yet which might content many who have been left a little disillusioned by the ambiguity of adeem\u0026#8217;s writing: \u003cbr \/\u003e“I said the devil’s made to trick us, \u003cbr \/\u003ethe Holy Spirit keeps us right, \u003cbr \/\u003ethere ain’t nothing promised about tomorrow, \u003cbr \/\u003eso we gotta leave town tonight, \u003cbr \/\u003eIf the guitar doesn’t get us, \u003cbr \/\u003ethen I’m sure those drums will\u0026#8230;”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\t\u003cp\u003eGlue has the musicality, poetry and creativity alongside a great live show that will garner a lot of attention from all kinds of different walks of life. A bunch of emo kids became \u0026#8220;Gluepies\u0026#8221; during Glue\u0026#8217;s leg of the warped tour. It is safe to say that “Catch as Catch Can” should be a project that most appreciators of music can look forward to.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Shake It Records","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":2965402,"sku":"","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0009\/9022\/products\/sunset_lodge_2nd_album_jpeg.jpg?v=1201798947","url":"https:\/\/glue.myshopify.com\/products\/sunset-lodge","provider":"Glue","version":"1.0","type":"link"}