Trash Island (album)

Trash Island
Studio album by
Drain Gang
Released12 September 2019 (2019-09-12)
Length22:04
LabelYear0001
Producer
Bladee chronology
Icedancer
(2018) 		Trash Island
(2019) 		Exeter
(2020)
Ecco2K chronology
D&G
(2017) 		Trash Island
(2019) 		E
(2019)
Thaiboy Digital chronology
D&G
(2017) 		Trash Island
(2019) 		Legendary Member
(2019)

Trash Island is a collaborative studio album by Swedish collective Drain Gang, released on 12 September 2019 through Year0001. It is performed by Bladee, Ecco2K and Thaiboy Digital, and produced by Whitearmor, with "Acid Rain" and "You Lose" being co-produced by Mechatok and Lusi, respectively. The song "1:1" features Yung Lean.[1]

It was recorded in a visit to Bangkok, Thailand, as Thaiboy Digital was deported from Stockholm in 2015 due to visa complications. The artwork was designed by Ecco2K.[2] According to Bladee, "The world is a trash island. You have the power to create your own reality."[3]

Steve "Flash" Juon of RapReviews gave a score of 6.5.[4] It was described as "iconic" by Sophie L Walker of The Line of Best Fit, which also described track "Victim" as a "classic".[5] Keegan Brady of Rolling Stone described "Western Union" as a "widely beloved track".[6] Raphael Helfand of The Fader said that the album "sparked the Drain Gang revolution".[7]

  1. ^ Ingvaldsen, Torsten (12 September 2019). "Drain Gang Relishes in Trance Pad-Heavy Cloud rap on 'Trash Island'". Hypebeast. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Drain is officially a genre: here are five Drain Gang albums to stream now". Dazed. 22 November 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  3. ^ Angell, Jack (17 September 2019). "Being Bladee, a rare interview with the Drain Gang CEO". The Fader. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  4. ^ Juon, Steve 'Flash' (23 October 2023). "Thaiboy Digital, Bladee & Ecco2k :: Trash Island". RapReviews. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  5. ^ Walker, Sophie L (28 February 2022). "Drain Gang are not in the business of meeting your expectations | Live Review". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  6. ^ Brady, Keegan (19 April 2022). "Inside the Cathartic Bliss of Drain Gang, Gen Z's Emo Torchbearers". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  7. ^ Helfand, Raphael (12 September 2024). "The album that sparked the Drain Gang revolution". The Fader. Retrieved 15 September 2024.