Lael Neale - Star Eaters Delight (2023) [gnodde]

Lael Neale - Star Eaters Delight (2023) [gnodde]



Minimal-indie

Lael Neale still has a flip phone and there were no screens involved in the creation of her new record Star Eaters Delight. The album is her second for Sub Pop and reveals an expansion of her sonic collaboration with producer and accompanist Guy Blakeslee.

Forged in isolation, Star Eaters Delight is a vehicle for returning, not just to civilization, but to celebration. She says, “Acquainted with Night (recorded in 2019, and released in 2021), was focused inward, amidst the loud and bright Los Angeles surrounding me. It was an attempt to create spaciousness and quiet reverie within. When I moved back to the farm, I found that the unbroken silences compelled me to break them with sound. This album is more external. It is me reaching back out to the world, wanting to feel connected, to wake up, to come together again.” Album opener and lead single “I Am The River” melts the ice with a dynamic explosion of minimalist transcendental pop clearly descended from the Velvet Underground’s branch of modern music’s family tree.

Tracks:
01 - I Am The River
02 - If I Had No Wings
03 - Faster Than The Medicine
04 - In Verona
05 - Must Be Tears
06 - No Holds Barred
07 - Return To Me Now
08 - Lead Me Blind

All in MP3 @ 320kbps