Jon Bap‘s latest full-length album, "Yesterday’s Homily", is a sonic exploration of free jazz, jazz fusion, funk, hip hop and more, as Bap looks at the duality of life with a fearless optimism.
It begins almost imperceptibly: a high-pitched drone, sounding like half-filled wine glasses played in reverse, hovers in, hanging overhead in stasis like a U.F.O. The sci-fi whine builds to a peak before suddenly shape shifting into a radio jingle. “Hey you, what are you doing today? / This is your life story.” For the next 43 minutes, Bap takes the listener on a tour of his mental airwaves, sifting through channels of cerebral future funk, delicate lo-fi balladry, free jazz soundscapes, and weird hip-hop. At times, the barrage of styles can feel alien in its methodology, but Bap’s steady hand on the dial and his highly expressive melodic voice filter out the noise to a (mostly) soothing hush. Be warned: your neck may snap from the sudden shock of his incessant genre-hopping, but Yesterday’s Homily swings with a fragile, unvarnished humanity that cuts through its chaotic musical clutter.
| 1 | Your Life Story | 0:29 |
| 2 | Today, with Vigor | 1:47 |
| 3 | The Interdependence of Everything | 7:25 |
| 4 | Queen Chimera Pt.1 | 3:45 |
| 5 | Free Trap Etudes, Op.39- IV. She's the Plug | 0:34 |
| 6 | You Got It | 1:33 |
| 7 | Voice Memo from 2013 | 0:59 |
| 8 | _Stuck_ | 3:42 |
| 9 | Do It Now | 0:55 |
| 10 | Semantic Satiation | 1:17 |
| 11 | My Machine | 1:57 |
| 12 | Yesterday Had Vigor | 1:33 |
| 13 | Loops | 0:29 |
| 14 | Queen Chimera Pt.2 | 2:43 |
| 15 | Do What You Want with Your Life (Regardless of What They'll Think) | 2:13 |
| 16 | My House | 2:32 |
| 17 | Come Back Home | 0:54 |
| 18 | Free Trap Etudes, Op.39- XII. Trap Goddess | 0:26 |
| 19 | Zone Out | 1:48 |
| 20 | Stories with Who? (Me) | 0:47 |
| 21 | You Be You | 4:21 |
| 22 | Don't Kill It! | 0:59 |
