I recently stumbled upon “Tournament” by Brooklyn’s Nation of Language (NoL), a 4 minute description of a man’s journey through the streets of New York in search for his own identity…poetic?, it’s about to get better.
NoL isn’t afraid to draw from the 80s. Singer Ian Devaney elegant baritone blends well with a Yazoo 808 beat, a Peter Hook baseline, and Depeche Mode textures. Musical alchemy meant to swiftly cast a spell on the listeners, inviting them to sing along to the words -“I can build a world around me underneath the light”-, and dance while having introspective thoughts about what place they occupy in the universe.
‘Tournament‘ is part of the string of singles to be released by NoL from their album ‘Presence’ out in April this year. Next time you go out, you’ll find yourself dancing to this track!
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