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'Lisbon' is The Walkmen's sixth studio album!! Yowza! I've not anything they've done before so context is gonna be hard but the impression i get is that this is the difficult follow up to the much acclaimed and appreciated 'You & Me' and their first effort for big lads Bella Union. Inspired by the groups first visit to Portugal, Lisbon is a album of confident indie rock and pop played in a heartfelt and emotive manner. The arrangements are full of drama and escapism and vocally the dude really knows how to wail and holler. I don't really get a huge amount out of this type of stuff but it's obvious to me that these guys have got a good thing going on. Could do with cheering up a little but that's cool, each to their own. if you've been in enjoying the current crop of Bella Union artists then you'll more than likely be happy with this one.
THE WALKMEN return in October 2010 with “Lisbon”, their sixth studio album, and their first for Bella Union records… “Lisbon” is the follow-up to the highly-acclaimed “You and Me” which figured in many best of lists for 2008 and was described as “intimate, intense and beautiful” by The Guardian in a 5 star review…
How do you follow an album as groundbreaking and heartbreaking as “You & Me”? The band spent two years driving between warehouses in Philadelphia’s Girard Avenue and Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal where they would write the majority of the new record. However, it wasn’t until a few inspiring trips to Lisbon, Portugal, that they established the album’s tone…
“None of us had ever been there, and we were really blown away by the place,” says frontman Hamilton Leithauser. “The topography and architecture are stunning and the people were really accommodating. I think those two trips really helped keep us motivated while making this record. We named the record Lisbon as sort of a thank you and a small tribute.”
The album was recorded in two instalments - the first at NY’s Gigantic Studios with You & Me engineer Chris Zane and in a couple of sessions in Dallas, TX with John Congleton who produced albums by St. Vincent and Explosions In The Sky.
At the halfway point of Lisbon front man Hamilton Leithauser sings. “Victory, right beside me / Victory, should be mine.” Arguably the album’s sonic climax, the chorus also serves as an appropriate mission statement for a band on the receiving end of so much admiration but a few false starts. “Lisbon” brings a raw, fiery rock’n’roll spirit to the songwriting complexities of You & Me. If that record was their return to form, Lisbon is their finest to date and feels like their moment.
1. Juveniles 2. Angela Surf City 3. Follow The Leader 4. Blue As Your Blood 5. Stranded 6. Victory 7. All My Great Designs 8. Woe Is Me 9. Torch Song 10. While I Shovel The Snow 11. Lisbon
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