Brick Body Kids Still Daydream is the fifth studio album from Open Mike Eagle and his first solo studio album since 2014’s Dark Comedy.

• Brick Body Kids Still Daydream is a studio album by Open Mike Eagle. It was released via Mello Music Group on September 15, 2017. It includes guest appearances from Sammus and Has-Lo.
• Oct 19, 2017 - Brick Body Kids Still Daydream does no such thing. Rather than losing himself amongst abstraction, Open Mike Eagle's work is rooted plainly in.

Open Mike Eagle's 5th full length LP Brick Body Kids Still Daydream was released on September 15, 2017 under one of my favorite labels.

A month after the album’s release, Open Mike took to twitter to share some thoughts on the album:

“the album is a month old and ive realized its a living document. in my mind the titles change and the story grows. sometimes its frustrating that we have to pick a ‘final’ name for things and try to walk away. the truth is usually more fluid than that. this album is also called ‘i left my wallet in the robert taylor homes’. its also called ‘cave paintings in the projects’. its also called ‘ghettos of the old republic’ its also called ‘disaster heritage’ its also called ‘signal boosting in the ruins’”

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“Signal boosting in the ruins” could be a play on social signal boosting, when you use your social media and presence to give a cause some more attention, as well as the fact that cell signal is notoriously bad in low income neighborhoods.

OME confirmed in a later tweet that “ghettos of the old republic” is a reference to the 2003 video game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

Open Mike Eagle also did a short documentary about the album and the Robert Taylor Homes with the AV Club.

Brick Body Kids Still Daydream is rapper Open Mike Eagle's ode to the Robert Taylor Homes, the South Side Chicago housing project his aunt lived in, which has since been demolished. While still heavy on Eagle's abstract wordplay, pop culture references, and self-deprecating sense of humor, the album contains the rapper's most personal lyrics, relaying stories of his turbulent childhood as well as his current-day troubles. It's also a highly political album, especially the song 'Happy Wasteland Day,' which pleads 'Can we get one day without violence, can we get one day without fear?' For the most part, the songs have an easy, laid-back flow, with Eagle's voice having a gentle singsong quality, but there are some more aggressive moments, such as the more cathartic 'No Selling (Uncle Butch Pretending It Dont Hurt)' and the harrowing 'My Auntie's Building,' in which Eagle slowly chants 'That's the sound of them tearing my body down to the ground' over a wash of noisy industrial guitar. On 'TLDR (Smithing),' he unleashes a torrent of breathless raps, including zingers such as 'I been woke so long I might need to take a nap,' over a loping, MF Doom-esque beat by Illingsworth. On 'Hymnal,' he's outshone by Sammus, whose sharp verses are a wake-up call after Eagle's sleepy near-whispering. Eagle excels at delivering thoughtful, relevant lyrics in a creative manner, sounding both arty and accessible, and Brick Body Kids Still Daydream contains his most affecting work yet.

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