Seattle rapper Porter Ray is set to drop his label debut, Watercolor, for the storied Sub Pop in a couple months. Ray is Seattle to the bone, continuing the tradition of Sea-Town rappers with malleable flows and unorthodox sounds that bend along with them. The album is a hometown affair featuring fellow Seattleites Shabazz Palaces, Chimurenga Renaissance, and Stas Thee Boss formerly of Thee Satisfaction. The first taste of his album is a posse cut of sorts featuring Shabazz Palaces, Palaceer, and Castro. They all spit complicated rhyme schemes over a hollowed-out soundscape with dry 808 drums and shimmering, space-age synths reminiscent of Thee Satisfaction. Check it out below.

Tracklist:

01 “Waves”
02 “East Seattle”
03 “Bulletproof Windows” feat. Nate Jack + Thad
04 “Past Life” feat.Cashtro + Black
05 “Everybody” feat. Fly Guy Dai [Shabazz Palaces]
06 “The Mirror Between Us” feat. JD + JusMoni
07 “Sacred Geometry” feat. Cashtro + The Palaceer [Shabazz Palaces]
08 “Arithmetic” feat. Infinite + Stas Thee Boss
09 “Navi Truck”
10 “Lightro (Looking For The Light)” feat. Stas Thee Boss
11 “Dissolving In A Daydream”
12 “My Mother’s Words” feat. Debra Sullivan
13 “Beautiful” feat. Aslan T. Rife

Watercolor is out 3/10 on Sub Pop. Pre-order it here.