The jubilant horns in the background of "Therapy" and the happy-go-lucky chorus of "Angel Dust" are juxtaposed against the bold, brutally honest lyricism. Faces is Miller resigning himself to this world, pondering what could have been from his place of isolation.įortunately, not all of the mixtape is depressing Miller has given his listeners the most sonically varied album of his career. What he ends up depicting is an entertainer that has risen to fame and lost himself in the empty world of drug addiction, alcohol reliance, and fake relationships.
Confessional lyrics like, "At the rate I'm getting high/It'll be hard for me to find tomorrow" and "They was all laughing, wasn't that funny/I started ***ing with drugs and now I'm a junkie" over a low-key, subtle beat is in stark contrast to Miller's past works. Songs like "Malibu" detail explorations into suicidal thoughts and addictions of different kinds. The surprising thing about this is that his drug-addled mind is actually very interesting. He seems to be aware of this, and the entirety of the mixtape is spent taking the listener further into the cracks and crevices of Mac Miller's head. There is a certain dichotomy in the present-day Mac Miller the party anthems and frankly horrible lyricism that he was known for are a far cry from the sometimes introspective and always drug-inspired tracks that Faces has in spades. Perhaps the most intriguing thing about the artist in general is the fact that he seems to be uninterested in staying within the confines of the commercial hip-hop which brought him to prominence in the first place. His choice of features included Bill, Da$h, and Earl Sweatshirt, providing further proof that Mac knows how to keep his songs varied and interesting. When Delusional Thomas came out in all of its overly violent and offensive glory in October of last year, I was incredibly impressed with the murky beats and Miller's choice to pitch his voice up and create something very different. I have spent a considerable amount of time listening to Faces this year. Review Summary: "Sometimes, the good times can be a trap."
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