On Fridays, on Gazeta.pl, we provide you with CDs that are worth paying attention to, if only to form your own opinion about them. The descriptions below have been prepared on the basis of the publishers’ materials.
Bonobo – “Fragments”
Fragments is the most emotional album that Bonobo (aka Simon Green), one of the key creators of electronic and dance music, has ever made. The new album features 12 dance grooves and moving songs that bring joy and hope. Born out of sound experiments, “Fragments” gained its final shape in a creative inspiration, helped by Simon’s escape into the bosom of nature. The British admits that he found new strength and inspiration while communing with the nature of California and Utah alone.
Simon finally had time to experiment with modular synthesizers, which gave the Bonobo sound a new touch. Harpist Lara Somogyi and violinist Miguel Atwood-Ferguson also brought a lot of freshness. The song “Tides”, with the participation of Chicago singer and poet Jamila Woods, acted as a catalyst – the album began to build up around it. “This record definitely has to do with the dance floor. I remembered how much I love crowds, movement and people connecting with each other,” says Green. This rediscovered euphoria is also present in the introspective and most melancholic pieces from “Fragments”. In short: a piece of an interesting album.
FKA twigs – “CAPRISONGS”
The artist, who for years has been blazing the trail in combining electronics with art-pop, r & b and soul sounds, on Friday presented the mixtape “CAPRISONGS”. The list of twigs guests includes, among others Jorja Smith, Daniel Caesar, Shygirl, Rema and Pa Salieu. “If you feel lonely, isolated or unsupported from your immediate surroundings, you can turn to my friends for this mixture,” writes FKA twigs. “I think this is my answer to where the world recently found itself, to the hype of the podcast soundtrack to our lives as we desperately try not to be alone.”
Twigs points out that El Guincho, the co-producer of the album, “gave her a lot of confidence and belief that as an artist, she could want better for herself than before.” “He encouraged me to transfer my pain and fear to music that sounds more inclusive – I even dare to say that it is joyful, which I have never been able to do before” – explains the singer and concludes: “CAPRISONGS” is my journey back to myself through amazing colleagues and friends. “
Elvis Costello & The Imposters – “The Boy Named If”
“The Boy Named If” is Elvis Costello’s 32nd album, featuring songs with bright melodies, prickly guitar solos and a fast walking beat. Costello says, “The full title of this album is The Boy Named If (And Other Children’s Stories).” If is a nickname for an imaginary friend; your secret self; the one who knows all you deny; who you blame for the broken vessels and the hearts you break, even when it comes to your own heart. ” Produced by Sebastian Krys and Elvis Costello, the album is a collection of thirteen vignettes. “We go from the last days of your crazy childhood to this humiliating moment when you are told to stop acting like a child – which for most men (and maybe a few girls) can be at any point in the next fifty years,” says Elvis Costello.
The Wombats – “Fix Yourself, Not the World”
One of the UK’s most beloved bands returns with the energetic album “Fix Yourself, Not the World”. It combines characteristic choruses and rhythmic cooperation with funk-punk rhythms – the love for LCD Soundsystem and Talking Heads comes to the fore. The story of this album began in the shared room, but was written mostly during the lockdown in various places around the world – in Los Angeles, Oslo and London. For frontman Matthew Murphy, it was a moment for deepened self-esteem and reflection. – I feel that the lyrical theme of the album is to let go and be a bit more present. I have the impression that I am a little stronger and more positive – says the singer.
The Lumineers – “Brightside”
Love, spontaneity, hope and a tribute to friendship, the inner child and those simple moments in life that are worth appreciating, although they escape through our fingers. These themes revolve around The Lumineers on “Brightside”, the fourth album in the group’s discography, which was created during the journeys between Italy and the United States. – At the beginning of the road, when you are just starting to record, you assume that you do test shots first and fight each other until you get to the final version. Why assume that something you’re about to play is going to suck? – Jeremiah Fraites wonders in an interview with Gazeta.pl. – We decided not to limit ourselves this time, to try a bit and prove ourselves. I play many instruments myself in the studio; Wes, who sings and plays guitar, often has ideas for a drum line or piano, but that’s not his job … There is a really beautiful dynamics between us.
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Source: Gazeta
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