![]() In this case, without the lyrics being printed, Byrne's undoubtedly intelligent thinking doesn't fully reach me. Maybe I should point out that often I don't much pay attention to the contents of lyrics when I listen to rock if they paint pictures in my head, that's great, but if they just sort of slip through me, that's OK because it's primarily the music I'm listening to. Spacier, although it avoids sounding naiively happy and light (although 'Every Day Is a Miracle' does have a calypso-like merriness). If Waters's album sulks in anger and frustration, American Utopia sounds brighter and spacier The biggest difference in music concerns the measures of darkness and light. Or in other words, he keeps on asking for better alternatives: "Is there another way? These songs are about that looking and that asking." MyĪssociation to the Waters album came for both words and music, though. ![]() Whereas that dark-toned album openly shows Roger's anger towards the ty state of the world and Donald Trump in particular, Byrne imagines an alternative, happier version of the United States. The way Byrne's slightly restricted vocals - not always very far from talking - dominate and underline the textual/ideological side of the artistic impact bears a surprising resemblence to Roger Waters' Is This the Life We Really Want? (2017). World-flavoured rich arrangements are excellent and full of little details, and it that sense this album reminds me of Peter Gabriel's later output (Us, Up, etc.). Since that he has released albums in a steady pace, and this is his latest work.Īmerican Utopia began as a series of Brian Eno's rhythm tracks turned into songs by Byrne, and a varying host of other collaborators putting their own ingredients on a song-by-song basis, The music could be classified as alternative rock with some sonic experimentalism, but not much progressive tendencies in the songwriting itself. David Byrne as a solo artist is perhaps, for many of us, best remembered for his collaboration album with Brian Eno: My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (1981). Some months ago I borrowed several Talking Heads albums (after seeing the highly regarded Stop Making Sense concert film on TV) but frankly I found the music a bit boring. I can't say either of them would have played a notable role in my listening history, quite the opposite really. Sampha / piano (9) Releases informationīoth Talking Heads and its frontman David Byrne have the honour of being in the Archives, although very seldomly reviewed. Mauro Refosco / percussion (6,8,9), talking drums & bongos (7) ![]() Jam City / synth stabs, guitar & drums (3) Jaakko Savolainen / guitar, bass & synth (2), keyboards (3) Nathan Jenkins / harmonica solo & voices (2) Happa / drum programming (2,3,9), synth solo (9) Jack Peñate / keyboards (2,3,7), bass & drums & shaker (3), backing vocals (2,7) Alex Epton / drum programming (2,6,8), synth stabs (3), bass (7), cymbals (8), shaker (9) Thomas Bartlett / piano (1), Mellotron (1,2) Brian Eno / keyboards (6,8), drum programming (1,8), vocoder & backing vocals (1), celesta, brass, whistling & vocal Fx (6), percussion (6,9), rhythm guitar (9) David Byrne / vocals, guitars, keyboards, co-producer
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