Durand Jones & The Indications - Durand Jones & The Indications - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

2021 . Developed after being apart for much of the year, Private Space is creatively explosive and delights in upending expectations. It's 10 tracks are both an escapist fantasy and a much-needed recentering after a tumultuous 2020. Throughout, The Indications highlight a collective resiliency - as well as the power of a good song to be a light in the darkness. Anchored by a crate-digging sensibility and the high-low harmonies of Aaron Frazer and Durand Jones, Private Space shows The Indications' mastery at melding revival sounds with a modern attitude. From an Indiana basement (where the band recorded their 2016 self-titled debut LP as college students), The Indications have catapulted into the soul limelight and onto an international stage. Following their sophomore album American Love Call - a dreamy but pensive record of big string arrangements and sweet soul stylings - The Indications became revered by vintage music fans, the lowrider community and late-night television. Durand Jones & The Indications have long provided the soulful soundtrack for such deep thoughts, both on stage and on your turntable. But as the world slowly resets from the chaos of the past year, Durand Jones & The Indications' Private Space is arriving at just the right time. InchI feel we'll be arriving into people's lives as they're exiting a really tough period,Inch Aaron Frazer theorizes. InchWe're not out of the woods, but hopefully this allows people to get together again, to share and experience catharsis.Inch Album Tracks 1. Love Will Work It Out 2. Witchoo 3. Private Space 4. More Than Ever 5. Ride or Die 6. The Way That I Do 7. Reach Out 8. Sexy Thang 9. Sea of Love 10. I Can See

Durand Jones & the Indications aren't looking backwards. Helmed by foil vocalists in Durand Jones and drummer Aaron Frazer, the Indications conjure the dynamism of Jackie Wilson, Curtis Mayfield, AND the Impressions. Even with an aesthetic steeped in the golden, strings-infused dreaminess of early '70s soul, the Indications' sophomore LP, American Love Call, is planted firmly in the present, with the urgency of this moment in time. The Indications' 2016 self-titled debut was the product of friends who met as students at Indiana University in Bloomington, In., recorded for $452.11, including a case of beer. American Love Call, the band's sophomore LP is instead the record the Indications dreamed of making, fleshed out with strings, backing vocals, and a newfound confidence in songwriting. Blending a slew of influences from years spent crate-digging, guitarist Blake Rhein says the Indications approach songs in the same way hip-hop producers do, as likely to pull inspiration from '70s folk-rock or classic R&B as they are Nas' Illmatic. InchDid I expect to do this S**t once I got out of college? Hell no,Inch Jones relays, laughing. InchTotally not. But this is what God is telling me to do - move and groove. So I'm gonna stay in my lane.Inch Album Tracks 1. Morning in America 2. Don't You Know (Feat. Aaron Frazer) 3. Circles 4. Court of Love (Feat. Aaron Frazer) 5. Long Way Home 6. Too Many Tears (Feat. Aaron Frazer) 7. Walk Away 8. What I Know About You (Feat. Aaron Frazer) 9. Listen to Your Heart 10. Sea Gets Hotter (Feat. Aaron Frazer) 11. How Can I Be Sure (Feat. Aaron Frazer) 12. True Love

The lead single from the sophomore LP from Durand Jones & The Indications has everything you could ask for. Dual lead vocals from Durand Jones and Aaron Frazer, danceable beat, and super sweet soul harmonies that won't soon leave your ear or turntable. It's familiar yet modern and it's truly beautiful seeing these guys push soul music forward with their second LP! Album Tracks 1. Don't You Know 2. True Love