Labrinth — COSMIC OPERA ACT I

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The business half of the music business proves to be a rich seam of inspiration for Labrinth on his fourth studio album, <i>COSMIC OPERA ACT I</i>, which opens with a short, spoken-word intro, “Something Like an Opera”—a statement that lends an artistic frame to his continued rumination on the subject. The polymathic songwriter/producer has dug into this topic before—on 2019’s <i>Imagination & the Misfit Kid</i>—but here, the angle has changed from cautionary tale to catalyst for evolution. The “internal dance” he refers to in that first minute turns out to be a tango—a tango, he makes clear, takes two. Opposing forces, then, are a central theme. Whether it’s “Debris”, in which Labrinth presents himself as the centrepiece in a ruinous scene, or “S.W.M.F.”, a sci-fi ego drive bookended by cinematic orchestral stylings, the desire to rectify the imbalance between artistic instinct and commercial drive is a constant source of tension. The complex trap of stardom is exposed in clearest detail on “Orchestra”, a commanding arrangement of galloping drums, atmospheric strings and bursts of brass to punctuate the sarcastic note of his delivery. As the record closes out on “Running a Red”, a woozy, bluesy jazz number that finds Labrinth seemingly sleepwalking his way back through the perils and pitfalls he has just escaped from, it’s hard not to feel cheated out of a happy ending for the hero in this futuristic epic. Keep in mind, that this is <i>COSMIC OPERA ACT I</i>—show’s not over yet.

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Labrinth

Треки

  1. Something Like An Opera 0:59
  2. Debris 2:55
  3. IMPLOSION 3:20
  4. into the black hole 1:59
  5. S.W.M.F. 3:08
  6. God Spoke 1:14
  7. Big Bad Wolf 2:53
  8. I Keep My Promises 3:04
  9. Opera Interlude 0:38
  10. Orchestra 2:54
  11. Still In Love With The Pain 3:21
  12. Running A Red 2:16