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Low perseveres because Alan and Mimi arent afraid to torch the formula and draft a new one.
This weeksDouble Negative, another Burton collaboration crafted at April Base,is a new metamorphosis.
Its also a provocation for the parties responsible.
Opener Quorum is a cry for justice: Youve torn vacant stares / You tried to break the quorum.
The president lost the popular vote by 3 million ballots.
Both records crash into sad, gorgeous rot brush against the pulse of the times.
Double Negativerecasts Sparhawk and Parkers light, ephemeral approach to melody as something hard and steely.
Mimis voice sputters through Dancing and Blood like a flickering hologram.
Melodies still bob and drift like fish lounging in a tank.
The notes everyone plays and sings still root themselves in Western rock and folk traditions.
Theres a cinematic feel toDouble Negatives unsettling machine blues.
