Solace (Earl Sweatshirt EP)

Solace (stylized in all lowercase) is the debut extended play by American rapper Earl Sweatshirt.^[1] It was uploaded to his unofficial YouTube channel dar Qness on April 28, 2015. Sweatshirt describes this release as "music from when [he] hit the bottom and found something".^[2] Solace is dedicated to Sweatshirt's mother, Cheryl Harris, and lyrical themes include drugs, insomnia, depression, losing friends, death, and missing his grandmother.^[3]

Solace
EP by Earl Sweatshirt
Released	April 28, 2015 (2015-4-28)
Recorded	2014
Genre	Experimental hip hop instrumental hip hop jazz rap lo-fi sound collage cloud rap
Length	10:00
Label	Tan Cressida
Producer	Earl Sweatshirt
Earl Sweatshirt chronology
I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside (2015) Solace (2015) Some Rap Songs (2018)

Critical reception

Upon release, Solace received critical acclaim. Vice's Noisey called it "beautiful",^[4] Spin called it "whoozy and complicated".^[5] Pitchfork gave it a positive review calling it "a tranquil 10-minute rap suite" that "seeks out a glimmer of hope in the dark" and that "Earl grasps the great distance of loved ones, even when he sees them so close."^[6]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer	Length
1.	"Solace"	Thebe Kgositsile	Earl Sweatshirt	10:00
Total length:				10:00