Open Mike Eagle announces new album

Open Mike Eagle has announced his new album, Anime, Trauma and Divorce, will drop on October 16th via his own label AutoReverse Records.
Open Mike Eagle Anime, Trauma and Divorce

Open Mike Eagle has announced his new album, Anime, Trauma and Divorce, will drop on October 16th via his own label AutoReverse Records. The album, is the follow-up to 2017’s Brick Body Kids Still Daydream. The forthcoming release chronicles the worst year of his life so far. Executive produced by Jacknife Lee, the album features beats from Black Milk, Gold Panda and Frank Leone. Today, Open new track releasing today, “Bucciariati” featuring Kari Faux.

Speaking on the inspiration behind the album, Mike says: “Before the world went to shit I was already in the middle of a few personal crisis’. Shit had gone haywire personally and professionally and my therapist had to remind me that I have an outlet to process some of my shit in rap music. So I made a bunch of painful rap songs and Jacknife Lee was kind enough to help me make good music out of them. Maybe it can help other people too. It probably won’t but maybe.”

Open Mike Eagle ls known for his Funny or Die Show, Call & Response, with Baron Vaughn. OME’s productivity continues after a prolific 2019 which found Mike wrapping season one of The New Negroes, a successful North American tour alongside Sammus and Video Dave (who released his debut album via AutoReverse Records), appeared on truTV’s hit comedy series Adam Ruin’s Everything and participated in a professional wrestling match.

Open Mike Eagle
Anime, Trauma and Divorce
AutoReverse Records

1. Death Parade prod. by Caleb Stone
2. Headass (Idiot Shinji) feat. Video Dave, prod. by Black Milk
3. Sweatpants Spiderman prod. by Caleb Stone
4. Bucciarati feat. Kari Faux, prod. by Caleb Stone
5. Asa’s Bop feat. Lil A$e, prod. by Frank Leone
6. The Edge of New Clothes prod. by Loden
7. Everything Ends Last Year prod. by Caleb Stone
8. The Black Mirror Episode prod. by Loden
9. Wtf is Self Care prod. by Gold Panda
10. I’m a Joestar (Black Power Fantasy) prod. by Frank Leone
11. Airplane Boneyard prod. by Frank Leone
12. Fifteen Twenty Feet Ocean Nah (Live from the Joco Cruise) feat. Lil A$e, prod. by Nedarb

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