Aesop Rock quietly launched I Heard It’s a Mess There Too, delivering a second album in 2025 and revealing a extra reflective and stripped-back sound.

Aesop Rock dropped a curveball on the Hip-Hop world with the sudden launch of his new album I Heard It’s a Mess There Too, which arrived Wednesday through Rhymesayers Entertainment.

The 12-track undertaking, now streaming on all main platforms, marks his second full-length launch of the yr and showcases a stripped-down, introspective strategy.

The shock rollout adopted a wave of on-line chatter after just a few listeners reported receiving nameless vinyl data within the mail.

The mysterious white-label pressings got here in clean sleeves with no credit or art work, fueling hypothesis about their origin.

That thriller ended with the album’s digital launch and the debut of a brand new animated video for the observe “Full House Pinball,” directed by longtime visible companion Justin “Coro” Kaufman.

Unlike his earlier 2025 launch Black Hole Superette, which featured a variety of collaborators and a dense sonic palette, I Heard It’s a Mess There Too is a solo endeavor. Every beat was produced by Aesop himself, providing a extra spacious and minimal sound.

“The phrase ‘I Heard It’s a Mess There Too’ started as a lyric, but it got its hooks in me soon after,” Aesop stated. “It felt familiar, like something I’d said a thousand times while checking in with friends across different cities. The more I sat with it, the more it started to feel like the center of this project… It’s about observation and communication. Sonically, I wanted a reset—cleaner beats, more space, fewer layers. Just enough to get a wave rolling and not much more.”

The album dives into themes of isolation, connection and the quiet chaos of on a regular basis life. His manufacturing leans on crisp percussion and subdued basslines, leaving room for his lyrics to take the lead.

Paired with Black Hole Superette, this newest document paints a fuller image of Aesop’s present artistic mindset. One album leans towards surrealism and collaboration, the opposite towards solitude and readability.

Physical copies of I Heard It’s a Mess There Too are delivery now by means of AesopRock.com, with a retail launch scheduled for December 12.

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