Chicago rapper Melo Makes Music blurs the line between current hip-hop and 90s alt-rock

 Yesterday Cianflone released the single “Sleepless,” with a weightless instrumental by rapper-producer Martin Sky and a guest verse from Taylor Bennett. Cianflone’s rap-singing blurs the lines separating hip-hop, pop, and alt-rock—he sometimes breaks into an anguished yelp that sounds almost like Nirvana or Alice in Chains. The song reminded me of a recent A.V. Club oral history of Chicago’s 90s alt-rock, specifically the bit where band manager Wes Kidd describes first hearing Local H’s “Bound for the Floor” on the radio: “It sounded immediately like [something I’d known for a long time].” In much the same way, the first time I listened to “Sleepless,” I felt like I knew all its subtle shifts in advance.

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