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SerpentineSpout

This track proceeds the work on Queen FOOLISH (Discipline). It is a vocal account of my own process and approach to beat-making, and I give big thanks to PROT for his production around that story🔥❤️. Please check out his Soundcloud and Instagram for more work. 

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The Principle (Produced By PROT)

Five years after the original Acid Rain record, Philadelphia-based artist/producer Savan DePaul began 2021 with its sequel, an incredible record of being black, autistic and non-binary in the United States in the 21st century. Tiergarten is finally putting out a physical edition of Acid Rain II, along with a bonus disc of extra material from the project, featuring guest appearances from an all-star cast of DIY heroes.

Savan DePaul described Acid Rain II thusly:

"My fourth studio album is here five years to the day after the first Acid Rain record dropped. The changes in myself and in the world that surrounds me between 2016 and 2021 are stark. Acid Rain II’s existence is partially a celebration of coming this far in life, but more importantly a confrontation of the frightening world I’ve inherited as an autistic adult as well as the dissection of my teenage beliefs. Acid rain to me back then was simply a consequence of straying away from some divine essentialist vision of society. Acid rain to me today symbolizes a self-inflicted rot, a paranoia that exists as a product of the reactionary. Corrosive breath dripping from the maw of an imperial dragon, a process that can be analyzed and conquered. Dull-toothed centrism and deference to authority give way to revolutionary fervor and surgical self-crit. Appreciation for art becomes a showcase in its wonders. Thus, the connections between this album and its predecessor are deliberate - down to the similar length, numbers of freestyles & instrumental cuts, and the numerous lyrical callbacks.

What you will hear is the culmination of my first major artistic journey. This queer emcee finally finishes their first molt and stands ready for the rain, raincoat equipped."

Acid Rain II (Deluxe Edition)

Savan DePaul - The Deflector (dead last dummo) [ft. Charlie J & Ishtar Sr.] [prod. Ishtar Sr.]

Love - Illogic

Rocks

This song was recorded in 2002 during the Talkin' Honky Blues sessions.

Highway 101

This is from a mixtape called Strong Arm, which was sold as a tour-only item back around 2005 or so. Music by Trans Am.

Don't Belong

cracked rearview

Ego Mirror

Lay Lady Lay -Claude Denjean

TGR010
From the album "Acid Rain II"
Release date: 22nd January 2021

My fourth studio album is here five years to the day after the first Acid Rain record dropped. The changes in myself and in the world that surrounds me between 2016 and 2021 are stark. Acid Rain II’s existence is partially a celebration of coming this far in life, but more importantly a confrontation of the frightening world I’ve inherited as an autistic adult as well as the dissection of my teenage beliefs. Acid rain to me back then was simply a consequence of straying away from some divine essentialist vision of society. Acid rain to me today symbolizes a self-inflicted rot, a paranoia that exists as a product of the reactionary. Corrosive breath dripping from the maw of an imperial dragon, a process that can be analyzed and conquered. Dull-toothed centrism and deference to authority give way to revolutionary fervor and surgical self-crit. Appreciation for art becomes a showcase in its wonders. Thus, the connections between this album and its predecessor are deliberate - down to the similar length, numbers of freestyles & instrumental cuts, and the numerous lyrical callbacks.

What you will hear is the culmination of my first major artistic journey. This queer emcee finally finishes their first molt and stands ready for the rain, raincoat equipped.

Ego Mirror

Saṃvega

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