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blanco white

6/12/2020

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​Blanco White (from the album On the Other Side available on Yucatan Records) (Bryant Liggett)
The latest from Blanco White, aka Josh Edwards, is one of those records that bring forth a not-sure shrug when that friend asks ‘what’s this all about?’. With elements of Psychedelic Folk, World Music and laidback Rock, On the Other Side is an album that carries a constant, ever-present ambient tone from beginning to end. With sad, longing vocals from Blanco White, at times delivered in hushed, dim textures, the instrumentation backing delicate and soft and it is the quietness of On the Other Side that speaks loudest. Album opener, and title track, references the long night in us all, a consuming loneliness where the ‘sun hides on the other side until you feel it….so for now, it’s only a long night’, the bottom-seeking vocal adding to the isolated feeling.
Subtle and faint, the hint of a flamenco guitar open “I Belong to You” with the international accents flowing into “All That Matters”. “Samara” has a Jazz Fusion groove while “Desert Days” features a slight Spanish guitar rhythm before it expands into U.S. Southwest desert-noir inspired Indie Rock. “Kauai O’o” with its fine drum beat playing out like dreamy Psychedelic dreamscape. On the Other Side exits on the Spanish language “Mano a Mano” where a lazy groove, accentuated with clapping rhythms, hints at electro-lounge. This is a comfy Sunday morning record, the warm vocals of On the Other Sideencouraging a lazy awakening while the dreamy melodies pulling you back to sleep hint at modern lounge and exotica. (by Bryant Liggett)
 
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