Lou Barlow - Reason To Live - New Blue LP
Format: New Blue LP Label: Joyful Noise Cat. No. JNR367LP-C1 Barcode: 753936907638 Released: 28/05/2021
Baby blue LP
After decades on the road and the never-ending hustle of life as an artist, Lou Barlow has tapped into a new confidence in the chaos. In 2021, the concept of balance feels particularly intimidating. Now more than ever, it’s clear life isn’t just leveling out a pair of responsibilities. Instead, we’re chasing after a flock of different ideals with a butterfly net. On Barlow’s new solo album, Reason to Live, he has come to an understanding of that swirl rather than trying to contain it.
Reason to Live is shambolic and grand yet intimate and doting, warmly acoustic and crackling with grit. By folding the many facets of his life into one package, Reason to Live radiates with a renewed balance and calm. The multitude of whirring messages of Reason to Live are united by Barlow’s roiling multilayered arrangements and the understanding that change is inevitable - and that it can bring you a new reason to live in the darkest times.