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We're All Alone In This Together favors minimal production and is largely void of hooks, as Dave leads the way with his lyrical diatribes. He kicks the album off with stories of growing up as a young, first-generation British Nigerian and the hardships that he, his family, and his community faced, and it sets the tone for the rest of the album.
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Its exterior is a bubbling, murky atmosphere, but at its core lies some of Nicolas Jaar's most affecting songwriting.ĭave released one of the best UK rap debuts in recent memory with 2019's Psychodrama, and from the first few bars of its followup We're All Alone In This Together, Dave makes it clear that he's intent on avoiding a sophomore slump. It's an album that washes over you one minute, and hypnotizes you the next. Nico's voice is frequently in the forefront, and these songs are more accessible than most of his solo material, but Spiral still has a dark, abstract vibe that sounds like Dark Side of the Moon by way of Kid A. Harrington saves the guitar heroism for the very last song on Spiral, but Darkside embrace prog and psych in various other ways all throughout Spiral, from the gorgeous acoustic guitars of "The Question Is To See It All" and the title track to the Eastern-tinged drones of "Lawnmaker" and "I'm The Echo." The album connects the dots between '60s/'70s and futuristic electronic music in ways you rarely hear. As on the debut, Darkside is more heavily "song"-oriented than Nico's solo material, and it injects Nico's electronic art pop with vintage prog/psych vibes, thanks in large part to Dave Harrington's masterful fretwork. So it's very exciting that now, eight years after that album came out, Darkside are back with a sophomore album, Spiral, and this one might be even better. Nicolas Jaar is extremely prolific under his own name and with his Against All Logic project, but the DJ, electronic musician, and singer/songwriter has only ever released one album with Darkside - his collaborative project with guitarist Dave Harrington - and it's one of the best albums he's ever released. And Kanye did premiere his new album Donda last night (it features a reunion with Jay-Z), but (not surprisingly) it hasn't been officially released yet. Even more honorable mentions: David Crosby, Yung Bleu, Molly Burch, Ransom & Big Ghost Ltd, Joel Ford & Hand Habits, Ora the Molecule, White Denim, Craven Idol, Sirius Blvck, Tara Jane O'Neil, Mordred, Rosenau & Sanborn (mem Volcano Choir, Sylvan Esso), Left Field Messiah (ex-Hot Hot Heat), Band of Bastards (mem Trail of Dead, Sparta), The Twin (mem Josha Fit For Battle, Small Brown Bike), the Samia EP, the Teamonade EP, the Information_Age (mem Pallbearer, Pinkish Black) EP, the Jhariah EP, the Obongjayar & Sarz EP, the Brittany Howard remix album, and the Woods deluxe edition. I highlight eight new releases below, and Bill also discusses Piroshka (mem Lush, Modern English, Elastica, Moose), Mega Bog, Anika, and more in Indie Basement. (Get vaccinated!) One constant of summer, though, is good new music, and this week is especially stacked. It's been a weird summer, with the very noticeable effects of climate change coinciding with the cathartic release of looser lockdown restrictions as well as the very valid concern that maybe things aren't going back to normal.