“The arc of the album represents my journey through loss, love, heartbreak from loss of said love, mental health struggles, and finally discovering a woman inside that just gives no fucks because she’s been through so damn much.”
I didn’t realize this album had a track called “Hypnagogia” until I’d already listened to it a couple times in sleepy, dream-drifting states. Rodeo Pantheon is the first full-length album by ONIKHO (aka Oakland artist Carina Ho), and I personally found it the perfect music to fall asleep to. Not to say it’s boring. In fact, the half hour work is richly complex with layers and layers of sounds throughout, but always adding up to a pleasant gentleness. We originally described the title track, first released back in December 2021, as an “indietronica ice cream sundae for the ears”—and it’s been on repeat ever since. The rest of the album flows from there, and we’d recommend it to anyone looking for a soundtrack to self-care.
