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Artist......: Drugdealer
Album.......: Raw Honey
Label.......: Mexican Summer
Genre.......: Indie
Catnr.......: MEX248
Source......: CD
Rip.date....: 2019-04-26
Str.date....: 2019-04-19
Quality.....: 802 kbps avg / 44.1kHz / 2 channels
Url.........: http://drugdealerband.bandcamp.com
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1. You've Got To Be Kidding 3:19
2. Honey 3:30
3. Lonely 3:14
4. Lost In My Dream 4:57
5. Fools 3:30
6. If You Don't Know Now, You Never Will 4:52
7. Wild Motion 4:52
8. London Nightmare 4:07
9. Ending On A High Note 1:34
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,: ôAll anyone wants to be is what they can.ö :,
: :
:' In an era when networked access to information is nearly ':
,: universal and wearing influences on your sleeve is normalized, :,
: it often feels like everythingÆs been done. Which begs the :
:' questions: WhatÆs the point of creating? Does the world need ':
,: another still life of fruit? Another film about love? Does the :,
: world need another melody? :
:' ':
,: On Raw Honey, his second album as Drugdealer, Michael Collins :,
: colors these existential conundrums with lush arrangements, :
:' memetic melodies, and a vulnerable tunefulness that tries to ':
,: make sense of self-doubt and connected loneliness in our shared :,
: simulacra. :
:' ':
,: Collins, who never played an instrument let alone received :,
: musical training in any formal capacity, began experimenting :
:' with sounds in 2009 after traversing the US on freight trains. ':
,: After a few years crafting abstract sampledelia, he decided to :,
: forgo his experimental exercises in favor of teaching himself :
:' how to write a traditional song. In doing so, he made the ':
,: decision to approach songwriting from the perspective of a :,
: listener, rather than a ômusician.ö :
:' ':
,: In 2013, Collins headed west and enmeshed himself in the Los :,
: Angeles underground scene. It was there and then that he began :
:' collaborating with players in the orbit of Ariel Pink, over ':
,: time crafting what would become DrugdealerÆs debut album, The :,
: End of Comedy, a collection of sunlit songs as indebted to :
:' Laurel Canyon psych pop as it is Bacharachian orchestration. ':
,: :,
: Raw Honey continues where The End of Comedy left off, with :
:' Collins leading an ace crew of collaborators to coalesce the ':
,: spirit of DrugdealerÆs classically modern pop. Built on the :,
: foundation of a creative partnership among Collins, Sasha Winn :
:' (vocals) and Shags Chamberlain (bass, production), Drugdealer ':
,: is more a collective than band. Raw Honey features contributions :,
: of Josh Da Costa (drums), Jackson MacIntosh (guitar), Danny :
:' Garcia (guitar), Michael Long (lead guitar), and Benjamin ':
,: Schwab (backing vocals, guitar, organ, piano, wurlitzer), as :,
: well as guest vocalists like country balladeer Dougie Poole :
:' (ôWild Motionö), Harley Hill-Richmond (ôLonelyö), and frequent ':
,: collaborator Natalie Mering (Weyes Blood) whose dulcet tones :,
: sing low before soaring on ôHoney,ö a track as silky as the :
:' nectar itself. ':
,: :,
: Throughout Raw Honey, Collins and crew display their influences :
:' as a new tapestry, one woven with the fibers from thousands of ':
,: tapestries that have colored our collective listening histories. :,
: As evidenced throughout Raw Honey, Collins ear for penning :
:' numbers that would sound as at home on Classic Rock radio as ':
,: they would at Zebulon in Los Angeles, where any of the :,
: contributors to Raw Honey might likely be found on any night of :
:' the week, on stage, or in the audience supporting another ':
,: AngelinoÆs modern pop aspirations. :,
: :
:' Rather than hiding behind a curtain or casually sidestepping ':
,: AOR tropes, Raw Honey adheres to a modern kind of creation ù one :,
: that cultivates influences and espouses reverence. An honest :
:' totem, Raw Honey isnÆt tangled up in social norms, with Collins ':
,: prefering to air his self-doubt as a northern star to guide :,
: like-minded people wherever they need to go. :
:' ':
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