You know, the kind of statements like, “These guys sound like a cross between early Black Sabbath and mid-career Placebo with a dash of No Limit-era Snoop Dogg and momentary flourishes of Springsteen’s Nebraska.” True, it’s pretentious as hell, but on the off chance that someone who hears music just like I do reads it, it will instantly click. When I listen to music, and especially as I familiarize myself with a complete album, I sometimes try to come up with a quasi-clever statement describing the music in relation to other music. Strange Desire is a record full of amazing sounds, simple but effective melodies, and dense walls of sound with a marked experimental edge to them, all wrapped up in the overt sentimentality so synonymous with today’s indie rock. On the one hand, the input of others might improve the consistency, focus, and variety of the record, but on the other hand, hearing what someone has created without the creative interference of others is often times impressive in its own ways. Now that I’ve had a chance to let the album sink in for a while, I’m eager to hear what comes next as this project evolves and matures.Īntonoff recorded this music during his spare time while on tour with Fun, and the internal nature of the record is clear when listened to as a whole. After hearing “I Wanna Get Better” during the early months of 2014, I was anxious to hear more of this 80’s influenced, electronic-heavy brand of indie rock, though it turned out that the album was months away from release. So-called “indietronica” is gaining mainstream recognition…and Strange Desire is part of the reason why.īleachers, the one-man band side project from Fun’s Jack Antonoff, has been on my radar for quite a while.
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