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.

[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.