{"id":8462,"date":"2021-10-26T07:39:27","date_gmt":"2021-10-26T05:39:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/?p=8462"},"modified":"2021-10-26T08:16:57","modified_gmt":"2021-10-26T06:16:57","slug":"new-album-belaver-lain-prone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/26\/new-album-belaver-lain-prone\/","title":{"rendered":"New album: Belaver || Lain Prone"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you’re not yet familiar with the music of Ben Godfrey aka Belaver<\/a>, I suggest you start by watching the video of his song Driver<\/em><\/a> (from his full-length debut album True Love of Crime<\/em><\/a>), imho one of the best of 2019 (how is it possible that this only has 734 views?) – that gives an idea of the intimate, smart and mysterious music of the NYC-based songwriter. Pretty good, but slightly alienating – it could be a soundtrack from a movie starring Bill Murray. Belaver has now released his sophomore LP Lain Prone<\/em><\/a>, again produced by Robert Ellis. The 14 beautiful new songs form a coherent whole, both in terms of theme and sound. “They say the world is gonna end” is the first line of the opening track (Here It Comes<\/em>). “Take my cyber lyfe, take my megabytes, make it all go away” is the last line of the second track (In The R L<\/em>). Next lyrics look back on better times: “We could have a 70s adventure slash comedy” (70’s Adventure<\/em>). And so on. The cover art actually says it all: isn’t it best to stay cool as the misery of the world rages by? Yet this folky indie pop is more melancholy than gloomy, in a way similar to conversations you have with a good friend in the middle of the night about the meaning and purpose of life, and that the next morning you wonder what clever things you said then. Belaver helps you remember.\u00a0RIYL Gold Star, Daniel Johnston, Refrigerator.<\/p>\n