Con “Freewave Lucifer fck f^ck fck” anche Kevin Barnes, from Athens GA, compone il suo album segnato dalla pandemia. Lo spettro del lockdown – e le annesse conseguenze – serpeggia nel diciottesimo disco degli Of Montreal. Un’opera dominata da una fitta base di synth retrò e voci effettate, tra Ariel Pink e John Maus (in “Après Thee Dèclassè”) e pysch-pop con eco Lennon-iano (“Ofrenda-Flanger-Ego-à Gogo”).
Un vivido e movimentato mosaico musicale con i pensieri e gli umori che cambiano spesso repentinamente insieme alla musica, molto spesso in un solo brano, come nell’emblematico pezzo d’apertura e primo singolo “Marijuana’s A Working Woman”. Sette tracce e poco più di mezz’ora di musica intessute da una serie di testi in bilico tra cut-up e nonsense dove il rappresentante del collettivo Elephant 6 ha tentato di delineare crisi, ansie e dolori causati dall’isolamento sostenuto dal suo inesauribile estro compositivo.
Vuoi per la data di uscita a ridosso di agosto, vuoi per la grande vena melodica dell’autore e i suoi passaggi più trascinanti (“Blab Sabbath Lathe Of Maiden” e “Nightsift”), ecco una delle colonne sonore alternative dell’estate 2022.
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01/08/2022
This article is an English translation of the original Italian text by Alessio Belli, published on OndaRock.it. It was translated with the help of artificial intelligence, under the editorial responsibility of OndaRock's editor-in-chief, Claudio Fabretti.
Tracklist
- 1. Marijuana's A Working Woman
- 2. Ofrenda-Flanger-Ego-à Gogo
- 3. Blab Sabbath Lathe of Maiden
- 4. Après Thee Dèclassè
- 5. Modern Art Bewilders
- 6. Nightsift
- 7. Hmmm
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