537H’s work to develop a deeply referential and highly textural auditory library continues to grow on “tHISiSNOTa 537H alBuM.” The thirteen track albumcarries 537H’s consistent ambient tonality with a footwork influence not previously highlighted in 537H’s releases. Produced by DEATHBYSHEEP Records,listeners can expect an experimental and novel fusion of cultural commentary by way of hyperniche musical taste.
The title and artwork for “tHISiSNOTa537HalBuM” are theartist’s play Ton the “disrespectful” and “unauthorized”Fugazi bootleg t-shirt referenced in the “Intro” track.“You are not what you own” continues the referencevia the 1990 track lyrics from “Merchadise,” through a slow-paced and warming instrumental.Like many songs on the album, track four, “Organs”continues to open the listener to carefully constructedcollages of sounds and samples spanning multiple genres.