About time! Dan Black's first album (called simply Un, the most straight to the point first album title since Björk's Debut) is out now! It's a very art-school pop sound, mixing electro with r&b grooves, confessional lyrics and atmospheric synths and orchestrations. Some songs were already well known from his myspace but they come now with a proper production (what they did with the song Wonder is terrific). The new songs are just as inventive: U+Me= is great, full of space, dry beats and spaceship synths, Cigarette Pack kinda evokes Air (good in my book!), and Let Go is just pure pop perfection. I would expect a lot of singles and airplay but you never know these days. Still, this british indie kid (that actually lives in Paris) has just made a big entrance into the pop world. Please don't leave the room.
Bellow, a nice little video of Dan rehearsing in his Eurostar trip from Paris to London. Watch him throw in some verses from Into the Groove (writer drewls allover his keyboard).
3 comments:
you're right, i've also been waiting for the album for quite some time and just bought it. as i did with the frankmusik album, on the morning it was released. i can't wait for your review. i was surprised to find a different version of "3 little words".
stefan
thanks for your comment! regarding "complete me", it's very different from what i expected, so it gives me mixed feelings that i still can't sort out, specially towards what stuart price has made to the overall sound. but still can't stop listening to it, so...
Hey,
Saw a great Dan Black video interview @ Hinterland Fest
check it out: www.rockfeedback.com/danblack-video
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