{"id":2505,"date":"2014-10-10T14:31:24","date_gmt":"2014-10-10T19:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/wdcvfm\/?p=2505"},"modified":"2014-12-02T20:54:32","modified_gmt":"2014-12-03T01:54:32","slug":"flying-lotus-new-album-resurrects-the-dead-for-groovy-parties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/wdcvfm\/2014\/10\/flying-lotus-new-album-resurrects-the-dead-for-groovy-parties\/","title":{"rendered":"You&#8217;re Dead! Flying Lotus Killed You; an Album Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"normal__Char\" style=\"color: #000000;\">by Aurora Wetherill of LightsOn w\/ Aurora, Thursdays@1opm.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Flying Lotus<span class=\"normal__Char\" style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2019<\/span><span class=\"normal__Char\" style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0new album\u00a0<\/span><em><span class=\"normal__Char\" style=\"color: #000000;\">You<\/span><span class=\"normal__Char\" style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2019<\/span><span class=\"normal__Char\" style=\"color: #000000;\">re Dead<\/span><\/em><span class=\"normal__Char\" style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0is at once more raw and more refined than any of his previous albums. Each note is poignant, deliberate, and clear as glass. His track with Snoop Dogg is a little grating, but it seems intentional; Snoop<\/span><span class=\"normal__Char\" style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2019<\/span><span class=\"normal__Char\" style=\"color: #000000;\">s lyrics discuss possibilities for why your body crapped out on you to an 8-bit beat.\u00a0<\/span><em><span class=\"normal__Char\" style=\"color: #000000;\">You<\/span><span class=\"normal__Char\" style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2019<\/span><span class=\"normal__Char\" style=\"color: #000000;\">re Dead<\/span><\/em><span class=\"normal__Char\" style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0also has a good deal more instrumental variation than its precursors, such as the distorted guitar and jingle bells featured in &#8220;Turkey Dog Coma&#8221;. The Japanese psychedelic artist, Shintaro Kago, created a unique set of works to accompany <em>You&#8217;re Dead<\/em><\/span><span class=\"normal__Char\" style=\"color: #000000;\">, and each song<\/span><span class=\"normal__Char\" style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2019<\/span><span class=\"normal__Char\" style=\"color: #000000;\">s artwork lends contextual insight and a note of black humor. The artwork for <em>Siren Song<\/em> consists of a shapely woman opening her mouth and tying up her hair, while her bottom half unravels; <em>Turtles<\/em><\/span><span class=\"normal__Char\" style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2019\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"normal__Char\" style=\"color: #000000;\">artwork features a dying woman taking a selfie. Flying Lotus says something new in each of his albums, and each album features a different theme. <em>Cosmogramma<\/em> (2010) was a cosmic dance adventure, <em>Until The Quiet Comes<\/em> (2012) was a celestial emotional voyage, and <em>You<\/em><\/span><em><span class=\"normal__Char\" style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2019<\/span><\/em><span class=\"normal__Char\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>re Dead<\/em> feels like an embrace of and meditation on the void that his previous albums only sometimes acknowledge. There is life in death and there is death in life.\u00a0<\/span><em><span class=\"normal__Char\" style=\"color: #000000;\">You<\/span><span class=\"normal__Char\" style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2019<\/span><span class=\"normal__Char\" style=\"color: #000000;\">re Dead<\/span><\/em><span class=\"normal__Char\" style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0is dark, irregular, and probably perfect. Flying Lotus will be performing at the Tower Theater in Upper Darby, Pensylvania, on October 14th.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rortortle\">@rortortle<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Aurora Wetherill of LightsOn w\/ Aurora, Thursdays@1opm. 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