Toro Y Moibroke a lot of his own rules while making his latest album, Hole Erth.
For his eighth studio album, he wanted to explore more in both a physical and metaphorical sense.
It really helped me just separate from the files.
Im always behind the screen.
This record, I wasnt as much.
I just wanted that brain space to be taken care of, or just freed.
It was with the best move Ive ever made, honestly.
For the first time, Toro y Moi was working with actual engineers to sharpen his music.
He was also breaking down the barriers he had around sound and genre.
I made that song in, like, 2020, and I was just waiting for the right project.
Because at the same time, I was working onMahal, which is very Seventies psych rock.
The parallels are there.
Hip-hop has always been this self-sustainable genre.Hole Erthcatalogs, were giving out codes.
And thats what hip-hop is.
The record cover features stars swirling.
I originally took the stars from the 50 states.
To me it was like a subtle reference to Americana, to the state of the world.
Theres double entendre there.
I felt like its time to just be myself.
