Garbology came together over the course of the pandemic, as well as in
the midst of Aesop processing the loss of a close friend in January of 2020,
resulting in a period of time of feeling uncreative. Looking back on that
time that feels both like yesterday and forever-ago, Aesop recalls, "The
world got real weird during those months. I knew at some point I had to
get back to making something. Make a beat. Draw a picture. Write. Just
go. But the idea of making a beat felt like math homework, and drawing is
just so hard. Writing is hard too, but at some point I had to pick one." With
writing as the chosen path, Aesop hit up Blockhead to send over some
beats. At the beginning there wasn't a plan for an album, or any particular
plan beyond creating some songs. However, it wasn't long before one
song became a few, and then a handful, until finally an album was born.
