R.Y.C. is the second studio album by Guernsey-born music producer Alex Crossan, under his alias Mura Masa. It was released on 17 January 2020 by Polydor Records and Anchor Point Records. The album has guest features by Clairo, Slowthai, Tirzah and Ellie Rowsell.
The first single "No Hope Generation" was released 25 October 2019.
Critical reception
R.Y.C. was met with generally favourable reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, it received an average score of 65, based on 12 reviews.
Track listing
Notes "A Meeting at an Oak Tree" and "Vicarious Living Anthem" are stylized in all lowercase. "Nocturne for Strings and a Conversation" is stylized "(nocturne for strings and a conversation)"
Personnel Musicians Mura Masa – vocals (1, 2, 5–7, 9, 10), bass guitar (1–5, 10, 11), bass programming (1, 2, 4, 6–10), drum programming (1, 2, 4–10), guitar (1–8, 10), synthesizer programming (1, 2, 4–10), additional vocals (3, 8), programming (3, 11); drums, synthesizer (3); piano (8, 9); spoken word, strings (11) Kai Campos – programming, synthesizer (1) Clairo – vocals (3) Ned Green – spoken word (4) Slowthai – vocals (5) Tirzah – vocals (8) Georgia – vocals (9) Ellie Rowsell – vocals (10)
Technical Mura Masa – production, engineering Stuart Hawkes – mastering Nathan Boddy – mixing
Artwork Mura Masa – art direction, design Matt de Jong – art direction, design Darcy Haylor – photography
Charts +Chart performance for R.Y.C. Chart (2020) Peakposition
References