For the time being, we’ve got Endless, a collection which’s title matches the stream-of-consciousness song sequencing.įittingly enough, considering all the false-starts and teases over the last year, Endless doesn’t begin with Ocean’s voice. The other album is rumoured to arrive this weekend, possibly under a different title. Instead, it’s a separate suite of full songs and snippets that’s currently only available as a 45-minute video through Apple Music. To be clear, though, while fans had been waiting for a new record since last summer, this isn’t the long-promised Boys Don’t Cry. As of today, teary Twitter pleadings, text alert services and smarmy memes about the delay can be put to rest.
If you’ve been following the long, arguably overdrawn build up to this release, Ocean’s first since 2012’s channel ORANGE, the guest vocalist’s longing may well seem like a stand-in for the thoughts of many who have been so desperate to hear new music from Ocean. “What can I do to know you better?” It’s a question posed not just by Frank Ocean on “Alabama,” one of the songs featured on his brand new “visual album” Endless, but by UK singer Sampha.
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