When it comes to Mobley’s career, what started as writing smart R&B pop bops has grown into full concept albums revolving around racism, technology, and our future, composing cautionary tales warning of a regressing society and the darkest parts of science fiction decaying into neither predictive science nor fiction.

Mobley’s new album We Do Not Fear Ruins continues the story of Jacob Creedmoor, the protagonist at the center of Mobley’s 2022 EP Cry Havoc!, but 300 years in the future.

As the last proper song on the album, “Yesterday’s Another Day” brings us to Creedmoor overcoming his struggles in the current time and redirecting his mission. Our protagonist finds a beautiful metaphor for the post-apocalyptic ruin he’s surrounded by. Ruin can mean recalibration and change. And Mobley punctuates this with an apropos bop that dances between R&B and psych pop.

Mobley stopped by Studio 1A recently to share songs from We Do Not Fear Ruins. You can watch the full Studio 1A set at KUTX.org.

The post Mobley: “Yesterday’s Another Day” [Live In Studio 1A] appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.