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| Released | 2018 | |||
| Genre | PBR&B | |||
| Length | 17:00 | |||
| Language | English | |||
| Label | B3SCI Records | |||
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Ojai is a 2018 EP by Young & Sick. It was his second release, following his self-titled album in 2014.
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| Released | 2018 | |||
| Genre | PBR&B | |||
| Length | 17:00 | |||
| Language | English | |||
| Label | B3SCI Records | |||
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Ojai is a 2018 EP by Young & Sick. It was his second release, following his self-titled album in 2014.
In an interview, Young & Sick described the EP as showcasing "a nice range of what the next phase of Young & Sick will be." [1]
On the songwriting process for the EP's first track and titular single, "Ojai," Young & Sick described his experience staying in a hotel in Ojai, California: [2]
I was staying at a hotel there called The Rancho. I just had a few drinks and I was in the sun, and I just let a very apparent feeling hit myself, hit me. I got to make a song about taking too much on your plate and how that affects you and how you can have, like, a micro-meltdown because you’ve put too much on yourself.
The EP was released in 2018, along with a limited-edition yellow vinyl record with red and black splatter designed by Young & Sick containing the first two songs on the EP. [3] Young & Sick expressed his pride in the design, calling it "one of the wackiest, in-depth pieces of art I’ve made." [4] Along with the record, Young & Sick also released a number of visual designs for the release of the EP, [5] including three pairs of sneakers and a hoodie. [4] [6]
The EP was well received by critics. Regarding the EP's cover of Fleetwood Mac's "Dreams," online music publication Earmilk noted that the cover proves that Young & Sick "can take on the classics," and sounds "[d]renched in California sunshine with a dash of twinkly lo-fi indie sensibility." [7] Earmilk also reviewed the single "Ojai," calling it a "near-perfect pop song." [8] On the single "The Road," Complex said that Young & Sick "uses the raw and track to further encapsulate his recent travels throughout small town America." [5] The EP ends off with a "gorgeously pared-down solo piano version of EP single 'Ojai,'" as described by BroadwayWorld. [6]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Ojai" | Nick van Hofwegen | 4:13 |
| 2. | "The Road" | Nick van Hofwegen | 3:52 |
| 3. | "Dreams" (Fleetwood Mac cover) | Stevie Nicks | 4:47 |
| 4. | "Ojai (Solo Piano)" | Nick van Hofwegen | 4:08 |
| Total length: | 17:00 | ||
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