HipHopDX Premiere – Straight from the Down Beneath, Hilltop Hoods are again with their eighth studio album, The Nice Expanse. The 13-track venture finds Suffa, Stress and DJ Particles in high type, delivering their distinctive model Australian flavored Hip Hop with a vengeance.
“We by no means cease writing,” Suffa tells HipHopDX. “We did have a dialog the place we had been like, ‘Let’s simply write as exhausting as we are able to and go excessive.’” Stress provides, “We positively push ourselves creatively extra with each report,” whereas Particles says, “We’ve at all times acquired beats on maintain.”
The Nice Expanse is 2 years within the making and follows 2014’s Strolling Beneath Stars.
“We wrote most it over a two-year interval, however some the concepts had been even older — like a hook or a verse right here or there,” Stress explains. “We pulled again on the touring rather a lot, simply the odd pageant slot or a month abroad.”
Now that the album is full, it’s clear the primary two thirds the venture are extra upbeat than earlier efforts, one thing Suffa confirms was a acutely aware alternative.
“That was deliberate,” Suffa says. “Once we had been engaged on the tracklist, we had been like, ‘How can we make this make sense?’ as a result of there was a lot gentle and shade.”
The Nice Expanse boasts an eclectic group friends, together with Ecca Vandal, Adrian Eagle, Ruel, Timberwolf, Nyassa and the Hoods’ shut buddy Illy. Manufacturing credit go to One Above, Trials, Cam Bluff and Plutonic Lab and SIXFOUR, who helmed 2018’s ARIA Award-winning single, “Clark Griswold.”
The brand new album ficially arrives on Friday (February 22).
However take a look at the album stream, cowl artwork and tracklist a little bit early beneath and cop the album here.
1. The Nice Expanse
2. Into The Abyss
three. Go away Me Lonely
four. Be Your self f. Ecca Vandal & Nyassa
5. Set It All, Run Away f. Timberwolf
6. Exit Signal f. Illy & Ecca Vandal
7. Clark Griswold f. Adrian Eagle
eight. OOFT (Ponda Baba)
9. Counterweight
10. Fireplace & Grace f. Ruel
11. What Turns into Of Us
12. Right here With out You f. Nyassa
13. H Is For…