The Beyond / Where the Giants Roam

The Beyond / Where the Giants Roam is an EP^{[note 1]} by American musician Thundercat. It was released on June 22, 2015 via Brainfeeder.^[10]

The Beyond / Where the Giants Roam
EP by Thundercat
Released	June 22, 2015 (2015-06-22)
Genre	Jazz-funk[1][2] funk[3] R&B[3] soul[4]
Length	16:08
Label	Brainfeeder
Producer	Flying Lotus (exec.) Mono/Poly Thundercat (exec.)
Thundercat chronology
Apocalypse (2013) The Beyond / Where the Giants Roam (2015) Drunk (2017)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	81/100[5]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Consequence	C+[6]
Exclaim!	8/10[1]
The Guardian	[7]
NME	8/10[2]
Pitchfork	8.3/10[8]
Resident Advisor	4.2/5[9]
Spin	7/10[4]

Background

In an interview with Billboard, Thundercat stated that the EP had been conceived while making Flying Lotus' You're Dead!, Kamasi Washington's The Epic, and Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp a Butterfly, stating that the four had shared creative ideas for each of their projects.^[12] The EP was revealed to be a prelude to Bruner's followup album, Drunk.

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the EP received an average score of 81% based on 9 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".^[5]

It ranked at number 24 on Pitchfork's "50 Best Albums of 2015" list.^[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Hard Times"	Thundercat	1:13
2.	"Song for the Dead"	Mono/Poly Thundercat	2:48
3.	"Them Changes"	Flying Lotus Thundercat	3:08
4.	"Lone Wolf and Cub"	Flying Lotus Mono/Poly Thundercat	5:30
5.	"That Moment"	Flying Lotus Thundercat	0:43
6.	"Where the Giants Roam/Field of the Nephilim"	Thundercat	2:46
Total length:			16:08

Personnel

• Thundercat – vocals, bass, production
• Charles Dickerson (Mono/Poly) – production, keyboards, programming
• Steven Ellison (Flying Lotus) – production, keyboards, programming
• Miguel Atwood-Ferguson – strings on 2 and 4
• Dennis Hamm – keyboards on 3 and 6
• Kamasi Washington – saxophone on 3
• Herbie Hancock – keyboards on 4
• Taylor Graves – drum programing on 6
• Daddy Kev – mastering

Charts

Chart	Peak position
US Heatseekers Albums[13]	9
US Independent Albums[14]	23
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[15]	21

See also

• Lone Wolf and Cub

Notes

1. Exclaim! stated that it is an EP.^[10] Meanwhile, Clash stated that it is a mini-album.^[11]