Last year, after a prolonged period of public prefacing, Kevin Abstract pulled the plug on BROCKHAMPTON, the boy band that took him from Texas’s suburbs to the world’s loftiest stages. He’s been a solo artist before, but being alone now, he tells Samuel Hyland for our Spring 2024 Issue, means something vastly different.
“Where BROCKHAMPTON once followed the blueprints of rowdy early aughts sensations, who melded hip-hop bravado with punk-rock outsiderism, the new iteration of Kevin Abstract is placid, more into whispering than yelling,” Hyland writes. “In certain spots, say, the arena-sized title track, his album [Blanket] sounds revved-up, like a quiet friend learning to project his voice. More dutifully interspersed, though, are the sobering moments: ruminations stripped of braggadocio, conclusions that feel, simultaneously, like deaths and rebirths.”
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Preorder your copy today and stay tuned this week. The Spring 2024 Issue also comes with three alternate collectible covers — including previously announced cover stars Liam Gallagher and John Squire — as well as stories on Laura Jane Grace, Mannequin Pussy, Vegyn, and more.
Photography by Adali Schell
Styling by Jack Bat
Makeup by Mel Sandoval
