Early yesterday morning, while perusing the Tumblrsphere (along with all the other 14-year-old girls out there), I came across “4 Tears,” a previously unheard track from Frank Ocean (via his official personal blog). Ocean has used this venue in the past to premier new music, but after a month long dry spell (if we’re not counting the cat gifs and GPOYs) it’s nice to see some more substantive music-oriented posts. Soft and melancholy, “4 Tears” isn’t a radical departure from his earlier releases, but it holds its own and, as Ocean commented on the post, he “figured maybe some else needed to hear it.” Thanks, Frank, I’ll consider it my belated Christmas present.

MP3: Frank Ocean – “4 Tears”