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The Beyond / Where the Giants Roam by Thundercat
The Beyond / Where the Giants Roam is an EP by Thundercat, released in 2015. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 6 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Them Changes”, on 6 lists with a best position of #330.
The Beyond / Where the Giants Roam, a short EP from Los Angeles bassist Stephen Bruner, better known as Thundercat, came out on Brainfeeder on June 22, 2015, with Flying Lotus producing. It grew out of a remarkably fertile stretch: Bruner told Billboard the ideas took shape while he, Flying Lotus, Kamasi Washington and Kendrick Lamar were swapping ideas across You're Dead!, The Epic and To Pimp a Butterfly, and the EP turned out to be a teaser for his next album, Drunk.
It's jazz fusion that feels like floating in warm water: liquid bass runs, hazy vocals and chords that melt as soon as they land, with "Them Changes" as the slinkiest groove of the lot. Critics were all in: it averaged 81 on Metacritic, and Pitchfork put it at number 24 among the year's 50 best albums.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from The Beyond / Where the Giants Roam on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Them Changes | 6 | #330 | – | 2023–2026 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.