Travis Scott - Days Before Rodeo

2xLPs on Color Vinyl "Midnight awaking, hyperventilating, drunk laps running round the globe, wild goose chasing, after three number one albums would've thought I'd feel amazing, still impatient" run the opening lines of "The Prayer"; it's hard to imagine a more apt mission statement for a hungry, 23-year-old Travis Scott. Brewing anticipation for his imminent debut album, Rodeo, Scott's DAYS BEFORE RODEO is the project's darker, more erratic predecessor, capturing the rawness of Scott's pioneering sound in all of its gloom. While tracks like "Quintana, Pt. 2" and "Sloppy Toppy" are the kinds of fierce, Auto-Tuned anthems you'd expect from a mid-2010s Southern trap star, DBR really kicks in when things get a little darker: the harpsichord of "Don't Play" oozes the gothic flair associated with Scott's public image, "Skyfall" builds a madhouse of circus-like synths and ominous layered chants, and Wondagurl bookmarks "The Prayer" with funeral-march organs and discordant vocal chops. The c