Fake internet music that sounds more real than it has any right to. Hypnospace Outlaw Vol. 2 continues building out the fake GeoCities-era web with songs that feel ripped from actual personal pages circa 1999. "Tuba Buffet's Brass Shade" is this goofy brass-driven track that sounds like someone's uncle made it in a MIDI editor.
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"Pizza Dance" is exactly the kind of ridiculous earworm you'd find auto-playing on a stranger's homepage. Then "Leather Jacket Man" goes for this sincere country-adjacent vibe that's oddly touching. Every track is written as if a different fictional person composed it, and the styles range from new age to hip hop to kids' music.
"A Child's Melody" next to "Awesome Rap Beat" is the whiplash that makes it work. If you want a soundtrack that doubles as internet archaeology, this one nails it.