Frank Ocean’s highly anticipated follow up toย Channel Orangeย is finally coming. ย Fans have been promised the album for year only for the project to be plagued with delays and changes. ย It seems like, barring any absurd complications, the release is imminent. ย In fact, Apple is set to release the album exclusively this weekend. ย But before the release date, it seems the artist had to give his fans something to get extra excited about.
On August 18, Ocean released a video stream entitled Endless. ย The video shows Oceanย in a warehouse building a wooden staircase backed by brand new tracks complete with vocals. ย This project is apparently completely separate from the forthcoming album. ย Perhaps these are early sketches for the final project or B-sides that Ocean decided to release as a teaser alongside a cryptic video. ย Maybe the release of the actual album will provide enough context to make sense ofย Endless.
The songs that form the soundtrack are promising. ย Sometimes they seem a little unpolished and the way they flow together is at times jarring, but the direction Ocean seems to be taking his sound is impressive. ย If this new release follows the same style then fans are in for one of the best albums of the year.
Endlessย is available to watch on iTunes.
