After a string of releases in the third quarter of 2011, Jellyfish Recordings is right back to work in 2012, introducing another young talent into the fold and preserving their unwavering standard of quality. Serving as another welcome accompaniment to the Vancouver collective’s buffet of psychedelic, alt-hip hop explorations, The Walk Off takes a strict found-sound approach in the bleary-eyed vein of a certain native of Oxnard, CA. Hashbrown, an obscured young producer hailing from just outside of Vancity, creates a muddled 37-track composition rife with soulful grooves and ambiguous vocal splicing. exhibiting a scope beyond his years and a owl’s ear for sample detection, Brown tailors sprightly productions that unfold like a trip down memory lane for people with amnesia – on the cusp of familiarity but rarely revealing themselves outright. For the dig-minded this is as much fun as you can have without weed (although I recommend a mixture of the two). Most importantly, the LP takes all these faint little Polaroids to create a wonderful mosaic that is as well executed in sequencing as it is in skill, creating a loose narrative that sets it apart from other more unfocused sample workouts.
