"For one, the roots of this collaboration with former Lambchop guitarist William Tyler date back to 2020; for two, the pair's new album doubles as a paean to the 1980s Americana Hebden's dad played round the house when he was a kid (the record is named after his childhood home in south-west London) music that Tyler's Nashville songwriter father was professionally involved in."
"The retro country influence rarely fuses with Hebden's soporific synths and brain-scouring bursts of distortion: the aforementioned opener kicks off with a drone that wavers in intensity like the circling of a benevolent alien spacecraft, practically drowning out Tyler's faithful rendition of Lovett's soothingly lovely guitar work. Then Spider Ballad combines pointillist synths with an insistent bassline, while the dreamlike Loretta Guides My Hands Through the Radio layers studio chatter and instrument tuning."
41 Longfield Street Late 80s is a collaboration between Kieran Hebden and William Tyler that draws on 1980s Americana and family musical backgrounds dating to 2020. The album opens with a reworking of Lyle Lovett's 'If I Had a Boat' that mixes a wavering drone with Tyler's guitar. Retro country motifs appear sporadically and rarely fully merge with Hebden's soporific synths and sudden distortion. Tracks like Spider Ballad, Loretta Guides My Hands Through the Radio, Timber and Secret City juxtapose pointillist electronics, studio ambience, chimes and meditative guitar, producing a fresh but slightly disjointed sonic palette.
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