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POPtical Illusion
Rock · 2024 · 13 tracks · 1h 4m

POPtical Illusion

John Cale

A vibrant, synth-heavy collision of avant-garde history and modern digital textures. Cale remains sharp, cynical, and surprisingly melodic at eighty-two.

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It's John Cale showing the kids how to do art-pop with a laptop and a lifetime of grudges.

A sharp, digitally-enhanced blend of veteran wisdom and restless, avant-garde curiosity.

POPtical Illusion · vs · John Cale
Social Commentary+1.9σ

The writing leans notably further into social commentary than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 13 Tracks · 1h 4m
01
God Made Me Do It (Don’t Ask Me Again)
4:49
02
Davies and Wales
4:16
03
Calling You Out
4:49
04
Edge of Reason
5:24
05
I’m Angry
5:26
06
How We See the Light
4:45
07
Company Commander
4:08
08
Setting Fires
5:41
09
Shark-Shark
5:00
10
Funkball the Brewster
5:35
11
All to the Good
4:30
12
Laughing in My Sleep
5:46
13
There Will Be No River
3:59
Moments Worth Waiting For
The sudden eruption of distorted guitar that breaks through the electronic pulse of Shark-Shark.
The way the vocal layers stack and dissolve during the chorus of How We See the Light.
The skeletal, menacing bassline that anchors the opening of God Made Me Do It.
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