Hokey Fright
album by The Uncluded
Hokey Fright is the only studio album by American indie folk rap duo The Uncluded. It was released on May 7, 2013 via Rhymesayers Entertainment. Every part of every song on the album is performed by either Aesop Rock or Kimya Dawson, with the exception of the drums on "Delicate Cycle", which were played by James McNew of Yo La Tengo.
The album debuted at number 93 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, with 5,000 units sold in its first-week.
Critical reception
Hokey Fright was met with generally favourable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 79 based on nine reviews.
Robert Christgau of MSN Music gave the album the highest score, resuming: "the tunes are Dawson's because Aesop Rock doesn't do tunes, but his beats beef up those tunes just like his gruff, clotted flow beefs up her itty-bitty soprano". Dave Heaton of PopMatters stated: "as the album moves forward, the number of moments, musical and lyrical, that sneak up on you and tear you apart increases". James Joiner of Paste concluded: "the blending of their styles creates an alchemy that is intensely personal and oddly alluring". AllMusic's David Jeffries wrote: "expect the expected with plenty of xylophones, campfire guitars, and Dawson's breathy cuteness mixing with Aesop's serious severity, but expect to be thrown as well, mostly by ideas of community and how strangers can leave lifelong impressions".
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