![]() ![]() It does make it pretty intense: when I get in the evening there's a whole load of stuff I have to do. The structure of my day is morning and evening with the computer, but in the day I'm normally in the studio and don't have access to a computer because otherwise I just wouldn't be able to work. But mobile phones, their convenience - that was the first enslavement that came to us in a seriously big way, to the point where now everybody is contactable all the time. The access to information, the speed of communication, it's fantastic. ![]() Like everything, it's got enormous pros and cons. Deep Understanding occurs when learners are immersed in a culture of thinking and when the development of understanding is the primary goal of learning. It's like we're starting to live the sci-fi world that used to be imagined. I do think that the technology we have now is absolutely incredible. She told Mojo magazine: "I loved the idea of a child being inside the computer: bringing you 'love and deeper understanding.' In the Director's Cut version, it is Bush's 12-year-old son Bertie who provided the computer's voice. Whilst Kate, the artist, embraces technology's liberating capabilities, Kate, the private individual fears its potential to denude the human spirit. Though there's nothing here to grab headlines, A Deeper Understanding reclaims and explores the distinctive soundscapes, vastness, and haunted psyche of Lost in the Dream, and that in itself is significant.Bush was one of the first UK artists to own a Fairlight CMI, the digital sampling synthesizer that would become a staple of '80s pop records, and perhaps as a consequence her relationship with technology is conflicted. They weave their way into the hazy reverb, restrained pitch range, and shimmering, engulfing atmosphere that manages to never overpower Granduciel's gentle ruminations on relationships, overcoming, and just coping. At first, these details hint at a possible redesign - then just as quickly they don’t, as ears adjust to the broader palette. ![]() ![]() Included along the way are a few additional timbres, such as the skittering electronic effects and stucco guitar textures of opener "Up All Night," the unexpected glint of glockenspiel on the bass-propelled tune "Holding On," and the saxophone on "Clean Living" with its sound distorted like a reflection. (To underscore that point, the first track released from A Deeper Understanding was the over-11-minute "Thinking of a Place.") The set's ten tracks drift unhurriedly over a course of more than an hour. There's no compromising to be found on their major-label debut, the first of a two-record deal that promises complete creative control to Granduciel. The Drugs recorded it as a six-piece with frontman/songwriter Adam Granduciel, bassist Dave Hartley, who's been in the picture since the band’s debut, keyboardist Robbie Bennett, drummer Charlie Hall, and multi-instrumentalists Jon Natchez and Anthony LaMarca, all but the latter of whom contributed to Lost in the Dream. That album's notoriously meticulous blend of heartland rock influences, Bob Dylan, and a swirling dream rock constructed of Wurlitzers, tape effects, analog synths, and 12-string guitar, just to name a few components, is, if anything, even more expansive here. The War on Drugs' debut for Atlantic Records, A Deeper Understanding, is very much a follow-up to the group's critically acclaimed Top 30 breakthrough Lost in the Dream from three years prior. ![]()
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