“I didn’t make much Mura Masa music for a year after the first album came out because I was a bit spent, really,” he begins.
The colossal success of that 2017 LP, and the sheer scale of the hype that followed, left Alex at an early crossroads. Peppered with photographs by Wolfgang Tillmans and images of early ‘00s club culture, it established the foundations of a rich and conceptual record, one that explores his fascination with the way nostalgia has crept its way into the identity of a generation, and sees the breezy electronic pop of his self-titled debut newly make way for fuzzy and emotionally-charged guitars. When Mura Masa’s Alex Crossan was briefing the musicians he’d chosen to contribute to ‘R.Y.C’, he sent them a PDF that outlined his vision.
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