The TCR, aka Taylor Christian Russell, is a literal beast incarnate. 3 LP’s, an EP, numerous collaborations, two duo projects with The Dust Collective and Karate King, and a musician for the comic The Outrunners. So when he announced his 4th LP for release sometime in the summer, I was fairly excited. The dude’s music is perfectly 80’s to be in a movie about the 80’s. What I expected was the usual from the sneak peek Snake+Dragon EP. I was wrong…so very, very wrong. This album is Rain Dragon Records’ best release to date, and I believe it’s The TCR’s best release. Ever. “Terraform” is the first track, and it’s pretty usual, pretty groovy and club-esque, like an alien disco party in space celebrating the formation of their planet with Earth, it has this aesthetic I’ve seen in other TCR songs, and it’s always welcome. “You Get Me High” is the second track, and a first for Taylor. It’s the first track he’s made(not counting side projects and collaborations) using vocals from a singer named Chelsea Owen, aka, Oceanside85(who’s debut album I might review soon ;3). The vocals make the track shine loudly, and make the track a treasure to behold. “In Too Deep” is the crime gone wrong, the drive-by that failed, the security cameras that picked you up before the heist. Now you’re trapped with no way out except in. Oceanside85 and The TCR once again collaborate on the track “Desert Rose”, which appeared as an instrumental on the Snake+Dragon EP. The track reminds me of a 70’s exploitati