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Alternate Worlds
Electronic · 2014 · 4 tracks · 16m

Alternate Worlds

Son Lux

A cinematic reimagining of the Lanterns era. Jagged rhythms meet lush, crystalline orchestral textures and Lorde's haunting guest vocals.

March 4, 2014 · Not On Label (Son Lux Self-released)

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Alternate Worlds is a high-definition descent into a digital-organic hybrid landscape. It feels like standing in a glass cathedral during a controlled demolition: there is a sense of immense structural beauty being fractured and rearranged in real-time. The sound is defined by its crystalline clarity, where every glitchy percussion hit and every bowed string feels sharp enough to touch. It is an album of deep shadows and sudden, blinding flashes of light, perfect for those who find comfort in the complex and the slightly uncanny.

Tracklist · 4 Tracks · 16m
01
Alternate World (Alternate Age)
4:20
02
Easy (Switch Screens)
4:23
03
Build a Pyre (Begin Again)
4:03
04
Lost It to Trying (Mouths Only Lying)
3:47
Moments Worth Listening For
The moment Lorde's vocals intertwine with Ryan Lott's falsetto on the reimagined version of Easy.
The explosive, multi-layered brass climax in Lost It To Trying (Paper Towns Version).
The way Build a Pyre (Begin Again) strips back to a haunting, skeletal piano and vocal arrangement.
Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

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