In the run-up to releasing this major-label debut, Moncton-raised MC/singer Roderick Porter reportedly wrote 25 songs, but IMPERFECTIONIST arrives as an airtight six-track showcase of his lively yet laidback flows and chilled tropical vibes. Porter’s dreamy alt-rap beatscapes serve as an anesthetic for all the heartache he catalogs within these tracks, as he seeks to overcome his various girl troubles by getting high (“NOT AGAIN”) or racking up credit card debt on impulsive, ill-advised shopping sprees (“FACt Of tHE MaTTER”). But once Porter hits the honeyed chorus hooks on sun-kissed soul-hop reveries like “PHASES” and “DU$K,” all his problems melt away like ice cubes in a poolside cocktail.