MC Paul Barman x Kenny Segal "Antinomian Pandemonium" [ALBUM]

01. Congrats On Your Firstborn

02. Anarchist Bookstore, Part Zero

03. Note From Future Self

04. Train Basics

05. Borderline

06. Ask For Help (Feat. Donwill)

07. Fullproof Datenight

08. Rumrumrumrum

09. Hairy Moth Owl, Part Three

10. Somebody Say Hooo

You open your eyes. Something is different. You wonder “where am I?” You’re close, but the real question is, “when are you?” Inexplicably you find yourself in 1970’s New York City. You know even before you’ve stepped outside. The vibe. Something in the air is a little… analogue. Next thing you know, you’re walking down a rain-slicked borough side street, having deep existential conversations and moments of revelation. And best of all? You’ve got the perfect soundtrack to ponder the human condition in an era better suited to both pondering and being conditionally human.

That album is this album. Antinomian Pandemonium. The latest creation from Hip-Hop Innovators and Luminaries MC Paul Barman and Kenny Segal.

These aren’t just visionaries and pillars of Boundary-Pushing-Rap™. Sure they’re responsible for genre expanding albums (It’s Very Stimulating, Paullelujah) and (Hiding Places by billy woods, Casual Horns, Dog by Jefferson Park Boys). They’re also two guys who’ve LIVED LIVES. “What does that mean?” Well… For one… Paul is cited first for the word “vajayjay’ by the Oxford English Dictionary. For another, Kenny beat Joey Santiago (yes THAT Joey Santiago from The Pixies) at Guitar Hero.

Let’s stay focused on the topic at hand. You probably want to know, “what does the album sound like?” Kenny says the music’s “just me and Paul being me and Paul.” What does the album feel like? It feels like riding a train that emerges from underground as a sky tram to our mountaintop dream school. It feels like life in a richer, less homogenized version of the greatest city on the planet, exploring some of the strange and wonderful facets of the human experience. You’re a little freaked out about the time travel stuff. Totally understandable. It’s only natural to feel some displacement when you’ve slipped several decades the wrong direction up the Universal-Timestream™.

Luckily you’ve got an album that lives outside of linear time to keep you company. So you don’t have to feel so alone.

Wherever you are, whenever you go, you’ll always have Antinomian Pandemonium to remind you that we’re all a little out of place… a little out of time… but that can end up feeling just right. --- Luke H. Simmons