As Long as Ropes Unravel Fake Rolex Will Travel

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"As Long as Ropes Unravel Fake Rolex Will Travel"
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Streaming cover
Single by Dean Blunt
B-side "Funktion"
Released4 September 2017
Genre Experimental [1]
Length6:00
Label World Music
Songwriter(s) Dean Blunt
Producer(s) Blunt

"As Long as Ropes Unravel Fake Rolex Will Travel" (stylized in all lowercase) is a song by British musician Dean Blunt. It was first published onto Blunt's SoundCloud in April 2017, later being released as a white-label 12-inch record on 4 September 2017, alongside its B-side, "Funktion". On 20 March 2020, it was made available on music streaming services alongside several other releases under the World Music label.

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Release

"As Long as Ropes Unravel Fake Rolex Will Travel" was originally released onto Blunt's SoundCloud account in April 2017, along with a music video for the Hotep (2017) track "Who Shot Lucious Lyon?" [2] In August, it was made available for purchase on Boomkat's website as a white-label 12-inch record, backed by the B-side "Funktion". [3] [4] The record was officially released on 4 September 2017. [5]

On 20 March 2020, "As Long as Ropes Unravel Fake Rolex Will Travel" was released onto music streaming services along with several other records released under World Music, including Blunt's mixtape Zushi (2019), an extended version of the song "Stalker", and albums from other artists signed to the label. [6]

Reception

"As Long as Ropes Unravel Fake Rolex Will Travel" received generally positive reviews. Writing for Pitchfork , Kevin Lozano called it "a refreshingly simple song: relaxing and free of tension, composed of just a well-wrought guitar riff and the sweet, sleepy intonation of a woman cooing." He called it less "cluttered" than most of Blunt's releases, opining that "it's nice to see Blunt offer a song that's essentially easy listening; for a second, his usual inscrutability dissolves into a contented smile." [1] Mr P of Tiny Mix Tapes simply referred to it as "gorgeous". [2]

Calling the track an influence on his music, French musician Myd wrote that "there's something broken and punk about this track. It feels worn out in the best way. Dean isn’t trying to impress anyone. This gave me permission to keep the cracks. To leave things messy if they feel honest.” [7]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Dean Blunt.

White-label release (WMA12-002) [5]
No.TitleLength
1."As Long as Ropes Unravel Fake Rolex Will Travel"6:00
2."Funktion"2:55
Total length:8:55

References

  1. 1 2 Lozano, Kevin (15 April 2017). "Dean Blunt: "as long as ropes unravel fake rolex will travel"". Pitchfork . Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  2. 1 2 Mr P (10 April 2017). "♫ Listen: Dean Blunt - "Who Shot Lucious Lyon?" / "as long as ropes unravel fake rolex will travel"". Tiny Mix Tapes . Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  3. ↑ Coultate, Aaron (14 August 2017). "Dean Blunt releases vinyl white label on World Music". Resident Advisor . Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  4. ↑ Yeung, Vivian (14 August 2017). "Dean Blunt releases new white label vinyl". Crack . Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  5. 1 2 "Dean Blunt - As Long As Ropes Unravel Fake Rolex Will Travel". Boomkat. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  6. ↑ Radio, N. T. S. "Dean Blunt / World Music album dump | NTS". NTS Radio. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  7. ↑ Groove, Aria (19 June 2025). "10 tracks that shaped Myd's sound". Electronic Groove. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
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