Mid Air (Paris Texas album)

Mid Air
The back of a BMX bike in mid-air
Studio album by
Paris Texas
ReleasedJuly 21, 2023 (2023-07-21)
Length50:22
LabelSelf-release
Producer
Paris Texas chronology
Red Hand Akimbo
(2021) 		Mid Air
(2023)

Mid Air is the debut studio album by American Los Angeles-based hip hop duo Paris Texas. It was self-released on July 21, 2023. Production was handled by Dilip, William J. Sullivan, Gianluca Buccellati, M, Matt Cohn, Billy Lemos, Julian Ali, Rodaidh McDonald, Romil Hemnani and Paris Texas. It features guest appearances from Kenny Mason and Teezo Touchdown.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic84/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
DIY[2]
Loud and Quiet8/10[3]
NME[4]
The Line of Best Fit8/10[5]
The Observer[6]

Mid Air was met with generally favorable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 84, based on four reviews.[1]

Emma Swann of DIY found it to be "not always an easy listen, but a consistently thrilling ride".[2] Jake Crossland of Loud and Quiet praised the work, saying: "it's an assured debut full-length, committing to weird impulses and catchy choruses in equal measure, and even at 16 tracks it never feels unwieldy. Paris Texas make chaos look inviting – they're the eye of one very exciting storm".[3] Sophie Williams of NME wrote: "a record, feels truly – and brilliantly – emblematic of the sharp, controlled chaos that Paris Texas have honed over a handful of previous EPs".[4] Hayley Milross of The Line of Best Fit called the effort "a dazzling introduction to new fans, and a crystal clear familiarity for fans that have been here from the beginning".[5] Kitty Empire of The Observer wrote: "the result is a full-length debut that is acerbic, vulnerable and swaggering all at the same time".[6]

Year-end lists

Mid Air on year-end lists
Publication # Ref.
Alternative Press — [7]
Consequence 12 [8]
Coup de Main 9 [9]
The Line of Best Fit 37 [10]
Loud and Quiet 20 [11]

Track listing

Mid Air track listing
No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."TenThirtySeven"
2:48
2."Split-Screen"
  • Paris Texas
  • Dilip
2:25
3."DnD" (featuring Kenny Mason)
4:11
4."Sean-Jared"
  • Paris Texas
  • Dilip
  • William J. Sullivan
2:37
5."Closed Caption"
  • Paris Texas
  • Dilip
2:12
6."Bullet Man"
  • Paris Texas
  • Dilip
  • William J. Sullivan
  • Gianluca Buccellati
2:58
7."NuWhip"
  • Paris Texas
  • Dilip
  • William J. Sullivan
  • Matt Cohn
2:52
8."Panic!!!"
  • Paris Texas
  • Dilip
  • M
2:20
9."Everybody's Safe Until"
3:39
10."Lift Off"
  • Paris Texas
  • Dilip
  • M
3:02
11."Earth-2"
  • Paris Texas
  • Dilip
  • William J. Sullivan
  • M
2:57
12."Airborne"
  • Paris Texas
  • Dilip
2:51
13."Full English" (featuring Teezo Touchdown)
  • Paris Texas
  • Dilip
  • William J. Sullivan
  • Gianluca Buccellati
2:31
14."Lana Del Rey"
  • Paris Texas
  • Dilip
  • William J. Sullivan
3:40
15."Ain't No High"
  • Paris Texas
  • Dilip
  • William J. Sullivan
  • M
3:36
16."We Fall"
  • Paris Texas
  • Dilip
  • Matt Cohn
5:43
Total length:50:22

Notes

  • "TenThirtySeven" is stylized as "tenTHIRTYseven".
  • "Bullet Man" and "Panic!!!" are stylized in all caps.
  • "NuWhip" is stylized as "NüWhip".
  • "Everybody's Safe Until" is stylized as "Everybody's Safe Until...".
  • "We Fall" is stylized as "...We Fall".

References

  1. ^ a b "Critic Reviews for Mid Air". Metacritic. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
  2. ^ a b Swann, Emma (July 21, 2023). "Paris Texas – Mid Air". DIY. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
  3. ^ a b Crossland, Jake (July 17, 2023). "Paris Texas – Mid Air – Album Review". Loud and Quiet. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
  4. ^ a b Williams, Sophie (July 20, 2023). "Paris Texas – Mid Air review: thrilling debut from rap's most intriguing duo". NME. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
  5. ^ a b Milross, Hayley (July 21, 2023). "Paris Texas: Mid Air Review – sonic individuality shines | Hip-Hop". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
  6. ^ a b Empire, Kitty (July 23, 2023). "Paris Texas: Mid Air review – a blast of fresh air". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
  7. ^ Zanes, Anna; Hardman, Neville; Schade, Alessandra (December 12, 2023). "50 best albums of 2023". Alternative Press. Retrieved December 14, 2023.
  8. ^ Fu, Eddie (December 4, 2023). "The 50 Best Albums of 2023". Consequence. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
  9. ^ Graves, Shahlin (December 13, 2023). "The Best Albums of 2023". Coup de Main. Retrieved December 14, 2023.
  10. ^ Browne, Hannah (December 4, 2023). "The Best Albums of 2023 Ranked". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
  11. ^ Crossland, Jake (November 24, 2023). "Loud and Quiet Albums of the Year 2023". Loud and Quiet. Retrieved November 24, 2023.