Back in June, Brooklyn hip-hop/neo-soul quartet Flyer Learning released ‘The 457 Sessions EP,’ a feel-good yet bold offering. On early track "You Got It Good," for example, slightly sinister instrumentation reminiscent of early Gorillaz melds with chill-voiced rapper Ben Bennett’s admonitions of a whiny youth to form delightful mellowness. "Heads Bop" (streaming below), similarly, sets Bennett’s fearless emcee ambitions against drum taps and coiling electronics that, combined with singer Chandanie Orgias’ breathy vocals, culminate in potential hypnosis. While unfraid to speak its mind, Flyer Learning knows not to preach but to provoke and it does so intriguingly with aware yet immersive music. Flyer Learning performs at The Living Room on 9.18. – Zach Weg
