When I cracked my bag of Off the Eaten Path Hummus Crisps (Rosemary & Olive Oil flavour) I didn't have high expectations. They were quite past their best before date and typically anything that's not potato based goes stale rather quickly. When I popped one into my mouth I was met with a fluffy crunch, similar to popcorn crisps (mid to mid light on the crunch scale [that only really exists in my own head]). The seasoning was sour cream and onion textured, kinda creamy, but undeniably rosemary..not overwhelmingly so though. I didn't get much of a chickpea flavour out of these hummus crisps. With each chip I kept getting drawn back to the seasoning, it was just oddly creamy. Because I tend to group things my laziest way of describing these would be that they are cousins to sour cream & onion. Did I mention that they didn't taste stale, not at all. Pretty good snack. Fat and sodium are 14% and 13% respectively, per 50g serving. All in all, I didn't have the highest expectations, but very much enjoyed these crisps.
A couple days ago I was ripping cd's onto my computer and came accross soso's Tinfoil on the Windows and Not for Nothing albums. So I ripped and loaded those two albums in addition to his tenth street and clarence album (which I briefly wrote about in 2020) onto my phone. I've been listening to them a lot since. Everything that I've listened to that soso has put out is absolutely heartbreakingly beautiful. His spoken word, with nasally singing popping up throughout, storytelling is haunting. His beats are almost more of a movie score than anything conventional or pop, yet they're not obtuse. Since tenth street and clarence he's worked with producers, Maki for his last two albums, who haven't echoed soso's production, but are definitely in the same atmospheric cinematic world. Their 2021 album, If and Only If, carries on the same alt rap cinematic tradition and is absolutely fantastic. soso's albums can work as background music if you're working, but I suggest you take the time to fully digest the music and lyrics because there's so much there.
Stay hydrated,
marc
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