10 Modern Albums That Prove Psychedelia Is Alive And Well

Thundercat's second studio album is a dazzling work of spacey, electronic R&B. The virtuosic bassist is at the top of his game throughout, offering a wide array of soulful, heartbreaking songs that all deal with loss in some way or another. It is loaded with warm, trippy experimentation that comforts the living hell out of the listener despite its subject matter. 

The most alluring moment on the album comes from "Tron Song," an ode to his pet cat and the separation anxiety he faces when out on tour. It is a full display of refreshing earnestness that sets Thundercat on a separate stage from his counterparts. He is acknowledged as a bass virtuoso, but does not behave in a snarky, above-everyone-else behavior that accompanies the label. 

Though this welcoming honesty does not equal a lack of complexity. Thundercat is a populist but he is overflowing with brilliant, left-of-center ideas. The work is full of dense layers of sonic experimentation. It's mind-bending, but never to a negative extent. You feel enlightened.