11/07/2021 01:31:41 PM
The Steve McQueens has released its fifth studio album.
The latest release called The Observer showcased the band's mature unit performing at the peak of their 8-year journey together. The characteristic playful inventiveness, musical twists and surprises are all here in spades, and listeners will find it hard not to have that little smile cross their faces at regular intervals.
Released through Singapore-based indie label Umami Records, the mercurial band’s latest album features music performed from their 2020 ‘Nerd Lounge’ tour of Singapore, Japan and Indonesia.
With the pandemic putting the brakes on to their ‘live’ performance plans, the quartet went into the studio to record this collection of new music which simultaneously evokes alternative R&B, chill-pop, 60’s Motown and nu-soul. This resulted in three singles Mila Ascending, Eye and Beginning. Since then, the band was ready to drop the widely anticipated full album, which pokes at the culture clash between jazz traditionalists and the new vanguard.
The Observer pokes at the culture clash between jazz traditionalists and the new vanguard. The band said: “The Observer is an indifferent spectator who stands apart, smiles quietly to himself and continues making his own music.”
And keyboardist Joshua Wan adds of the new album: “I think one of our goals was to capture both the energy and intimacy of live performance, to make the music really speak, and to allow a restlessness to pervade that would let you hear something different at every listening.”
Author: slickmaster | © 2021 The SlickMaster's Files
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