Various: You’ve Been Sweating Wrong Your Whole Life | Album Review

The Godmode label played an important role in the Shamir narrative as he went from Las Vegas kid to Ratchet album maker.

But there’s more to the Brooklyn label than Shamir as this compilation of EPs from half a dozen producers and noise-makers shows.

Aside from the imprint, the other common currency the acts here share is a finely tuned sense of eclecticism. Fitness, Malory, Hand of God, Soft Lit (whose EP, especially I Can't Help It and Ocean King, really shines), Yvette and Fasano (You Believed It is a highlight) duck and dive from grounded punky noise to trippy blue hours house jams and melancholic pop with all the trimmings.

Another tie that binds is that all six acts had a hand, act or part to play in how Ratchet came together, though Shamir's own magic dust should not be under-estimated in that regard.

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