On the razor-sharp songs that make up her Australian trio’s second record-a mix of folk-rock intimacy, punk incision, and loud emo catharsis-she shares her path forward. –Stephen KearseĬamp Cope singer-guitarist Georgia Maq’s voice is a beacon of resilience. Now the future of the group is uncertain, but perhaps that, too, is par for the course. The beats are smooth but fleet, complementing and contrasting the group's harried delivery. Verses are packed toe-to-toe, the ideas firing too quickly to pause. In lieu of ad-libs or layered vocals, there’s constant fluidity. The record often feels limitless and unbound the members appear on songs in unpredictable order, sometimes alone, other times as a trio or duo. Gangin plays like a cartoon fight cloud set to music: At any given moment, you can snap your fingers or a neck. Lul G, Yhung T.O., DaBoii, and Slimmy B make ruffian rap that bruises and bounces in equal measure their record is a marvel of perpetual motion and brotherhood. SOB X RBE formed in Vallejo, California, around shared commitments to Call of Duty, basketball, and rap-and on their debut album, Gangin, you can feel both the looseness of those links and their intensity. Adjacent seats, matching hats, shared cul-de-sacs-any random moment of connection can be the beginning of a lifelong bond. The quiet miracle of friendship is that it is almost always accidental.