Are you ready for America’s next boy band? You’re won’t find these guys on Good Morning America or the Billboard Hot 100 Chart. Instead, shift your attention towards South Central LA. You’ll find fourteen peculiarly creative individuals sharing both a living space and a unifying name for their collective movement: BROCKHAMPTON. Headed by indie rapper Kevin Abstract, the youthful group is composed of musicians, graphic designers, and videographers who responded to the bandleader’s invitational post on a Kanye West fan forum. The new album is called Saturation; the results are astounding. Grimy trunk busters (“Bump”) are placed next to John Mayer-type ballads (“Waste”) and idiosyncratic Auto-Tune driven R&B performances (“Trip”). At the core of BROCKHAMPTON’s disparate efforts is their penchant for experimental songwriting, leading to tracks that may perplex as much as they awe. But every occasion of weird behavior on this project is matched by other moments of stark emotional nakedness depicted through the unique contributions of every member. Saturation is a record made by and for the socially misunderstood youth occupying the fringes of propriety. Thankfully, Kevin Abstract and Co. have distinguished themselves as their proper representatives.

Written by Eugene Cheng