| Ojai | |
| Type: | EP |
| Artist: | Young & Sick |
| Cover: | Young & Sick - Ojai (official cover).jpg |
| Released: | 2018 |
| Genre: | PBR&B |
| Length: | 17:00 |
| Language: | English |
| Label: | B3SCI Records |
| Prev Title: | Young & Sick |
| Prev Year: | 2014 |
| Next Title: | No Static |
| Next Year: | 2018 |
Ojai is a 2018 EP by Young & Sick. It was his second release, following his self-titled album in 2014.
In an interview, Young & Sick described the EP as showcasing "a nice range of what the next phase of Young & Sick will be."[1]
On the songwriting process for the EP's first track and titular single, "Ojai," Young & Sick described his experience staying in a hotel in Ojai, California:[2]
The EP was released in 2018, along with a limited-edition yellow vinyl record with red and black splatter designed by Young & Sick containing the first two songs on the EP.[3] Young & Sick expressed his pride in the design, calling it "one of the wackiest, in-depth pieces of art I’ve made."[4] Along with the record, Young & Sick also released a number of visual designs for the release of the EP,[5] including three pairs of sneakers and a hoodie.[6]
The EP was well received by critics. Regarding the EP's cover of Fleetwood Mac's "Dreams," online music publication Earmilk noted that the cover proves that Young & Sick "can take on the classics," and sounds "[d]renched in California sunshine with a dash of twinkly lo-fi indie sensibility."[7] Earmilk also reviewed the single "Ojai," calling it a "near-perfect pop song."[8] On the single "The Road," Complex said that Young & Sick "uses the raw and track to further encapsulate his recent travels throughout small town America." The EP ends off with a "gorgeously pared-down solo piano version of EP single 'Ojai, as described by BroadwayWorld.