Dan Luke & Raid - Out Of The Blue - VINYL LP

It's like a coming-of-age crisis, says Daniel Shultz about Out of the Blue, the messy and melodic debut album from his band, Dan Luke and The Raid. InchIt's about being in that space in your 20s where you're trying to get your S**t together and figure things out in life. You're dealing with your problemsInch-the singer, songwriter and guitarist pauses-Incheven as you're going out and partying and getting into trouble all the time.Inch Shultz and his Dan Luke & The Raid band mates know a thing or two about the last part of that equation, as evidenced by the songs and subject matter on Out of the Blue. Throughout the album's 10 tracks, people are passed out on curbs under neon signs (InchBlack Cat Heavy MetalInch), breaking hearts over rolled-up dollar bills (InchExoskeletonInch), leaving baggies lying in passenger seats (InchMoney MouthInch) and faking smiles and feeling ashamed (InchGolden AgeInch). Legs are bleeding, faces are numb and Shultz declares his band to be the Inchdiamond kings of smut.Inch All the while, the music throbs and pulses and twitches and buzzes with the energy and enthusiasm and inexperience of youth, bursting with harsh, distorted guitar chords, blown-out synths squiggles and hopped-up rhythms-as well as, on occasion, moments of stunning and sincere melodic beauty. With the weight and experience of events that have been at times joyful and sad, poignant and puerile, triumphant and tragic, Dan Luke and The Raid continue to carve out their future, one musical moment at a time. InchWhat we want to do is create music, and create music in a way where people feel something,Inch Shultz says. InchAnd when we see that happening it's an amazing thing.InchSIDE A Farrah MantraDisco Is As Disco DoesExoskeletonFoolMoney MouthSIDE B Golden AgeRita RepulsaMaybe It's The DrugsBlack Cat Heavy MetalLast Goodbyes