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Ensoulment
Rock · 2024 · 12 tracks · 45m

Ensoulment

The The

A warm, organic return after twenty-five years. Matt Johnson's baritone navigates existential dread and political skepticism over dry, bluesy art-rock grooves.

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It's like a late-night radio broadcast from the only man left who's actually paying attention.

A weary but wise exploration of modern life delivered with a warm, analog heart.

Ensoulment · vs · The The
Contemplative+4.0σ

Contemplative saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 12 Tracks · 45m
01
Cognitive Dissident
3:06
02
Some Days I Drink My Coffee by the Grave of William Blake
4:03
03
Zen & the Art of Dating
4:30
04
Kissing the Ring of POTUS
3:34
05
Life After Life
3:12
06
I Want to Wake Up With You
4:00
07
Down by the Frozen River
3:34
08
Risin’ Above the Need
3:46
09
Linoleum Smooth to the Stockinged Foot
3:54
10
Where Do We Go When We Die?
4:03
11
I Hope You Remember (The Things I Can’t Forget)
3:38
12
A Rainy Day in May
4:00
Moments Worth Waiting For
The skeletal, bluesy guitar lick that anchors Cognitive Dissident, sounding both ancient and immediate.
The way the arrangement swells with a mournful fiddle on Down by the Frozen River.
The intimate, almost whispered vocal delivery on A Rainy Day in May that closes the album in total stillness.
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