GENRE: Experimental 

LABEL: Parkwuud Entertainment 

REVIEWED: 14 October, 2025

RATING: 7.8/10

Klein’s sleep with a cane is a patient, bruised work: part mixtape, part confessional ambient suite that folds grime and road-rap fragments into long, meditative soundscapes. The record trades conventional hooks for texture — stretched guitar drones, taped-together field recordings, and fragile vocal loops that sound like memory rendered audible. That risk pays off: the slow-burn pieces (notably the 12-minute “it is what it is in d minor”) insist you sit with the emotional residue rather than skip ahead. 

Lyrically and thematically the mixtape is direct where it needs to be. Klein confronts violence, surveillance, and racialized narratives with a combination of bleak humor and elegy — songs like “for 6 guitar, damilola” act as short memorials, while tracks such as “Informa” sharpen critique into a terse, lived account. The result is political without ever resorting to polemic; the politics are embedded in texture and context. 

Collaborations and sequencing are subtle rather than splashy: a Space Afrika credit and sparse guest touches keep the focus on Klein’s own voice and compositional logic. Production choices — lo-fi tape hiss, abrupt edits, and sudden silences create a sense of an artist assembling a private archive for public listening. 

Critical consensus leans positive: reviewers praise its ambition and emotional clarity, even when calling it demanding — a work best experienced in full, on its own terms. For newcomers: expect a generous, occasionally exhausting listen that rewards patience; for fans of experimental UK music, it’s another uncompromising statement from one of the scene’s most singular voices.