The Mountain Will Fall by DJ Shadow

I’ve been a fan of DJ Shadow from the beginning. Endtroducing…… his 1996 debut, sits somewhere in my Top 10 of the 90s, and each of his albums since have had something fantastical about them. (Side note: I can’t for the life of me figure out why I didn’t include The Less You Know, the Better, his last album before this new one, in the 2011 Bacon Top 31. It probably has to do with the fact that the album came out in October. I must have missed it until 2012 had begun. Either way, huge misstep there.)

This new album, The Mountain Will Fall, is the closest he’s gotten to the magic of his debut. Throw in the fantastic Run the Jewels (who made the Top 31 themselves back in 2014), who appear on the album featured in the perfect song “Nobody Speak” shown in the video above. Take a moment to watch and listen to that video. This is music and music-video making at its greatest.

If you’re not familiar with DJ Shadow, it’s time for you to crawl out of that hole you’ve been in for the last 20 years. If you know him, then you like him, and you’ll like this album. Highly recommended.

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