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Nine Types of Light
Rock · 2011 · 10 tracks · 43m

Nine Types of Light

TV on the Radio

A lush, romantic pivot toward psychedelic soul and warm art rock. Dense harmonies meet rubbery grooves in a metropolitan golden hour haze.

April 11, 2011 · Interscope Records

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A warm, metropolitan embrace that finds beauty and romance within a dense art-rock framework.

Tracklist · 10 Tracks · 43m
01
Second Song
4:20
02
Keep Your Heart
5:42
03
You
4:04
04
No Future Shock
4:03
05
Killer Crane
6:15
06
Will Do
3:44
07
New Cannonball Blues
4:34
08
Repetition
3:45
09
Forgotten
3:39
10
Caffeinated Consciousness
3:20
Moments Worth Listening For
The way the bassline in Will Do anchors the ethereal synth washes and Tunde Adebimpe's vulnerable delivery.
The sudden shift into the driving, brass-heavy funk of Caffeinated Consciousness to close the record.
The hypnotic, circular vocal patterns in Killer Crane that feel like a slow-motion psychedelic folk dream.
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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.

How does Nine Types of Light sound next to the rest of TV on the Radio's catalogue?

Romantic+4.0σ

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

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