Review Summary: daydreaming.

Rainforest is a fairly short affair, clocking in at about 18 and a half minutes long, but that works perfectly to the EPs advantage. It does not drag on endlessly and the tracks stand out more than they would have on a longer release. The EP also is much more focused than “Instrumental Mixtape”, which he released earlier in 2011, because, well, it’s not just the instrumental track behind various Lil B, Soulja Boy and ASAP Rocky songs. This EP paints a hazy lush green landscape with its fuzzy lo-fi production and relaxing melodies. Many of the tracks, for example “Natural” and “Treetop”, have a strange bouncy, dreamlike effect to them that makes you feel as if you are floating down a river. Songs like “Gorilla” and “Drowning”, however, are a little more oriented in his typical hip-hop production style than the other songs on the EP. They almost seem like they were beats but he decided to keep them for this EP. Although “Gorilla” and “Drowning” are weaker than the rest of the EP they are still solid but do wear down on you more than the other tracks and don’t have a huge replay value to them.

Overall this is a fantastic little EP. Although it is much different than his other works it is stronger and has more emotion. Although it does have 2 weaker tracks it is still powerful and atmospheric. If you want some amazing music to relax to or just want to hear some good new music then you should check out “Rainforest” by Clams Casino because you will be hearing about him a lot more in the future.



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oltnabrick
May 27th 2012


40627 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

short and idk.

sifFlammable
May 28th 2012


2741 Comments


i think you could edit the first paragraph - we shoudln't think that he's only good at making beats, but what he does here is make good beats..?

anyway i was curious about this album - what do you mean this is more "focused" than the instrumental mixtape? my gripe with instrumental mixtape was that it had a lot of hit / misses with the tracks; from the way you describe it here (60% good 40% bad) it seems pretty much the same in that sense


oltnabrick
May 28th 2012


40627 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Thanks about the first paragraph haha

and this is about 90% hit 10% miss. Even the 2 tracks I wasn't a huge fan of were good and the album flows very well if you listen to it straight through.

oltnabrick
May 28th 2012


40627 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

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InFiction
May 28th 2012


3995 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

Glad this got a review, I love this EP. Treetop is fucking beautiful.

ItsOnlyWords
May 28th 2012


369 Comments


Pos I might check this out

Deviant.
Staff Reviewer
May 28th 2012


32289 Comments

Album Rating: 3.7

Thought this was really boring

Rev
May 28th 2012


9882 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

I really dug it at first but then realized it was just okay

oltnabrick
May 28th 2012


40627 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I'm still digging it. I still listen to this a lot actually.

Romulus
May 28th 2012


9109 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

i prefer 'gorilla' and 'drowning' to the other tracks whatever

Blackbelt54
May 28th 2012


4281 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Love this EP

Pentagon
May 28th 2012


1998 Comments


I really dug it at first but then realized it was just okay (2)

Good review though, he's a solid producer.

gabethepiratesquid
May 28th 2012


4522 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

best 2011 EP

dbizzles
May 29th 2012


15193 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Clams helps me stomach hip-hop I would normally not like and this is just a great display as to why he pwns.

oltnabrick
May 30th 2012


40627 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Yeah I can't wait until he releases some more solo stuff, especially if it sounds like this.

dbizzles
June 1st 2012


15193 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

In contrast to the review, I actually like Gorilla and Drowning the most on this release.

kingsoby1
Emeritus
June 1st 2012


4970 Comments


didn't really like this a lot

oltnabrick
June 1st 2012


40627 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Did you like it a little?

toxicgarbageisland1
June 6th 2012


83 Comments


this is unbelievably good.

oltnabrick
June 9th 2012


40627 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

lol wow.



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