Lord Huron, Vide Noir
Ben Schneider’s side-project-turned-breakthrough finds a brand new bag with their third record, sidelining the Americana indie folk vibe to make a straightahead rock-and-roll concept album about death, loss and uncertainty. The concept moves in and out of focus but mystical overtones and a space cowboy feel permeate the music and the story, in a series of incredibly hooky songs in which the band explores both outer space and the inner space of the astral plane. Elements of pop, folk, and doo wop rear their heads, but everything is woven into an ethereal sort of eerie, hollowed space rock sound that is 180 degrees from the warm, pastoral vibe of the band’s past, but somehow just as ethereal. Highlights: “Vide Noir,” “Ancient Names,” “Moonbeam”
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