Bladee: Spiderr (grey vinyl) [YEAR0001]

Why you'll love it

Spiderr on grey vinyl from YEAR0001, the Drain Gang leader's sixth solo album and one of his warmest. Whitearmor produced it with help from Gud and Joakim Benon, Ecco2k drops in, and it made year-end lists at The Line of Best Fit and Slant.

This edition

• Grey vinyl
• YEAR0001 pressing of the 2022 album
• 13 tracks, with "Drain Story" and "Icarus 3reestyle"

About the album

Bladee, born Benjamin Reichwald in Stockholm, founded Drain Gang with Ecco2k, Thaiboy Digital and Whitearmor in 2013 and has spent the years since bending cloud rap into something closer to pop. Spiderr came out in September 2022, six months after Crest, his collaborative album with Ecco2k, and Pitchfork heard a "vision of pop that's grounded in real emotion" in it.

"Drain Story" was the only single, with a video Ecco2k shot and edited himself, and songs like "I Am Slowly but Surely Losing Hope" and "Dresden Er" wrap catchy hooks in that glassy, otherworldly Drain Gang sheen. The Hebrew on the cover means "truth", which is more than most album covers will admit to.

Tracklist

Listen

Out February 28, 2025 on YEAR0001 (cat# YR0168LP), a reissue of the 2022 album.