Krts - Close Eyes to Exit (2015)

Coming this winter via the Berlin, Germany label Project: Mooncircle, is KRTS’s second full-length LP, Close Eyes to Exit. Inspired by recent world events, each of the album’s 12 tracks dwell upon the world we live in now, a world struggling to rid itself of corruption, hate, bigotry, and ignorance. The resulting record is equal parts raw, emotional, dense, and danceable. This is KRTS at his creative peak.

“White Privilege” is a perfect example. Elegant melodies and a speedy jungle beat will have you bopping your head without a care in the world.

“My Head is Jumpin'” features Charles Larson and Tito Ramsey of the Brooklyn-based indie-pop act, Legs. The track is a biting meditation on our internal struggles and the many different bodies that encase them. How do we process the hurt, the pain, and the unreal? How do we manage these feelings living inside of us?

“Serve and Protect” features Sacramento MC Mad Flows. It speaks to the media’s portrayal of death in the black community as an unjustly “normal” occurrence. Mad Flows spits out fear, rage, and loss—a direct response to the policing of America.

Your head will spin. Move to the rhythm within the chaos and let it lead you through. Your head is jumping. The world is bigger than you or I. Keep moving. Turn up the volume. Close your eyes. Exit.

Tracklist:
1.01 - Krts - Sealed (Intro) (1:39)
1.02 - Krts - It Starts Somewhere (3:04)
1.03 - Krts - Outside Your Arms (3:50)
1.04 - Krts - Reizenstein (4:06)
1.05 - Krts, Mad Flows - Serve and Protect (4:37)
1.06 - Krts - Convict the Butchers (3:13)
1.07 - Krts - White Privilege (4:22)
1.08 - Krts, Tito, Charles - My Head Is Jumpin' (4:10)
1.09 - Krts - Light of the Harvest (4:03)
1.10 - Krts - In Your Head (3:57)
1.11 - Krts - Come to This (4:39)
1.12 - Krts - Marriage Is Between Lovers (3:05)
1.13 - Krts - We're Still Climbing (3:09)
1.14 - Krts - If This Was Your Child (2:21)