The presentation of our music on vinyl is something we think about throughout the record making process. As we assemble the track listing, the way it will feels to listen to side A and then side B is something we spend a lot of time considering. While we appreciate the ease and convenience of streaming, the album in its final form to us is a physical record that you have to flip. We hope this comes across when you listen in that way.
Nation of Language release their new album, “Strange Disciple” on Play It Again Sam. Following performances at Primavera Sound, Pitchfork Festival, Outside Lands and dozens more of their biggest headline shows to date, the Brooklyn band’s third LP is one that is meant to invoke wandering, wondrous walks through city streets both foreign and familiar. In the three short years since their acclaimed debut, 2020’s “Introduction, Presence”, Nation of Language have sustained an increasing ascent from small, hyperlocal scenes to international stages and late-night television, while their musical evolution has embodied three distinct modes of moving through the world: lead singer and songwriter Ian Devaney imagines the band’s first album, “Introduction, Presence”, as taking place in a car, whereas second album “A Way Forward” occurred on and as a locomotive, influenced by the chugging sound of krautrock.
Now, as their first record to be fully created and released outside the confines of a pandemic-instilled lockdown, “Strange Disciple” is centred around groove-driven songs and bouncing basslines that feel ambulatory and wayfaring, informed by the excitement of exploring new places the band never thought they would see on tour.
“Too Much, Enough”, the fourth single from “Strange Disciple”, is out now. This track is about unhealthy obsession with the 24 hour news cycle, but instead of making a video that was a huge bummer we decided to gather some friends and have fun.
“Strange Disciple” is available for in many places, so check in with your local favourites.
Released September 15th
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