Merlin - Merlin’s Milkbar Stereo

Montreal’s Merlin has never been content with the rapper label, despite his hip-hop heavy debut, A Noise Supreme. Rap is just one useful tool in his bag of tricks. Piano ballads, symphonic strings—even Nirvana-esque guitar on “Ultrasensitive”—all come in handy on the singer-producer’s latest, ambitious album. If Merlin has one obvious influence, it’s that tiny perfect multi-tasker Prince.