SO MANY OTHER REALITIES EXIST SIMULTANEOUSLY

The new album from hip-hop duo Atmosphere,
So Many Other Realities
Exist Simultaneously
, opens with veteran rapper Slug and seasoned
producer Ant taking a gentler approach. A departure from the brute intros of
earlier works, the lead-off track "Okay" sounds focused on comforting and
reassuring the listener, as if informed by fatherhood and implicit duty. With
Slug rapping over one of the most twinkling productions Ant has released,
the song lays the groundwork for an album-length exercise in fumbling
consciousness without setting a precedent for how they intend to navigate
it. Yet, as gently as the album begins, there's an unmistakable sense of
unease from the onset that continues to evolve throughout the project, as
Slug and Ant weave the listener through indistinct themes of insomnia and
woe