In need of some Audio Therapy? The earthStonez will see you now.
The Los Angeles and Las Vegas-based underground collective of female
hip-hop musicians, have finally released their anticipated full-length
album. The multiracial group, which once rolled six deep but has since
reconfigured to four core members – Fawksie 1, Youthinazia, Asa Lianess,
and T.I.W.A.E.I.S. – offered the following update to its faithful followers on Facebook:
ANNUAL NATIONAL DAY of PROTEST TO STOP POLICE BRUTALITY, REPRESSION, AND
THE CRIMINALIZATION OF A GENERATION, EARTHSTONEZ IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE
“AUDIO THERAPY”. DOWNLOAD FREE TILL THE END OF OCTOBER!
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Translation: you have from now until Halloween to get all 23 tracks of the album off the group's bandcamp site without spending a penny! “It took a lot of time,” laughs Fawksie 1 reflecting on the process. Audio Therapy, officially released on October 22nd, proves to have been definitely worth the wait. Re-mastered tracks that honor the work of the former members in addition to all new songs anchor the effort. Skillfull rapping, singing, turntablism, dope beats and well-crafted interludes are all on full display. From the onset, the title track, 'Resisters' and 'Fox Camouflage' set a powerful tone for the album whose spiritual and political rhymes define the message throughout.
Fawksie 1 notes that a Las Vegas album release show is in the works as well as another date in Berkeley. Hopefully, Audio Therapy will see its way to OC.
Gabriel San Román is from Anacrime. He’s a journalist, subversive historian and the tallest Mexican in OC. He also once stood falsely accused of writing articles on Turkish politics in exchange for free food from DönerG’s!