Rob’s Album Of The Week: Ceschi’s Sad, Fat Luck

There’s a special breed of artists who exude musical complexities from their being. They can’t be identified with a singular style and attempting to pin them down to something exact is futile. Perhaps, that’s the best way to describe Ceschi Ramos from New Haven, Connecticut. He blends hip hop and folk punk into a DIY aesthetic that’s both impressive and unique. His latest album, Sad, Fat Luck, that came out on April 4 via his label Fake Four, Inc. shows him shedding and confronting baggage with each song.

The album is an emphatic combination of angst, grief, social commentary and facing mortality. An interesting element comes from the orchestral beats courtesy of producer Factory Chandelier. Certain tracks give the vibe of Ramos rapping and singing with string instruments and horns backing him up, but it’s all electronic. The folk side is intimate and emotional that’ll make the listener feel as if the music is speaking directly to them. Sad, Fat Luck has a lot to offer in terms of inventiveness.

A philosophy I’ve always had with music journalism is being able to describe a song or an album in a way everyone can understand. It’s embracing the feeling of casual conversation about music a person is digging and publishing it. I’ll be honest, when people like Ceschi Ramos consistently push the envelope it can get hard to nail it down. It’s…