Darkside
First 11 Minutes of New Album
Untitled New LP (out ???? on Other Lives)
A couple years removed from their impeccable debut EP, NYC/Chilean production wonderkid Nicolas Jaar and Dave Harrington are at it again. Their forthcoming LP was announced in a typically cryptic, out-of-the-blue manner, with Jaar tweeting that they would be playing it in its entirety last Tuesday on the Lower East Side.
After that, the duo released the disc’s first 11 minutes online, and while little else is known about the release, we do know now that the first 11 minutes are both very good and very Darkside. Harrington’s palm-muted, single-string guitar lines are back, as are the evocative vocal samples and murky synths . Though it is 11 minutes long, it somehow still ends too soon and leaves the listener crying out for the rest of the story. It is a teaser, and I am well and truly teased. Well played, guys. Well played.
