miles cooke | S5 Episode 1 (Season Premiere)

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My guest for the season 5 premiere is New York rapper-producer miles cooke. We spoke about Silo, Memento, his love of Phillip K. Dick and all things sci-fi, his appreciation for Aesop Rock and the Def Jux era of alternative hip-hop, working through anxiety, his complicated relationship with Christianity, and the creative process behind I Used To Feel Things and his latest album ceci n’est pat un portrait, out now via Rucksack Records. Come fuck with us.

ceci n'est pat un portrait is available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Consider copping directly from mile's Bandcamp page. Follow miles on Instagram, Twitter, and Bluesky: @milescooked 

Read my review of the portrait single "zugzwang" on Hearing Things. 

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