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On Pure Music, Strange Ranger's new album out on Fire Talk, the band indulges an obsession with Loveless, but they infiltrate any comparison to shoegaze with overtures to disco, house, and experimental pop. The Talk Talk inspired pean to isolation InchWay OutInch features a moody saxophone, while InchShe's On FireInch is only a rock song until just after the midway point, when the drums throb, the snare skitters then snaps, and suddenly, you're in a sweaty pit of swaying bodies dancing as dual vocals harmonize, InchI would have thought the rhythm of the club might lead me somewhere. Pure Music embodies that manic state through interstitial interludes laced with YouTube samples that connect each track to the next so as to submerge the listener in it's world, one that rewards catharsis. The alienated might gaze through panes of glass eternally, without breaching the gap between the self and the destabilizing chaos of the world beyond. Riding the train across the East River in the early morning, one witnesses thousands of individual stories, each contained within a glowing square of light, and it's a comfort to know that soon, those strangers will emerge from their solitude to rejoin the city. InchMusic makes us transcend the feeling of being alienated from or trapped by the world,Inch the band says. InchI want the experience of listening to Pure Music to be euphoric.Inch Recorded by the band, mixed by Al Carlson and mastered by Joe LaPorta.1. Rain So Hard2. She's On Fire3. Dream4. Way Out5. Blue Shade6. Blush7. Wide Awake8. Ask Me About My Love Life9. Fantasy10. Dazed In The Shallows Album Tracks 1. Rain So Hard 2. She's on Fire 3. Dream 4. Way Out 5. Blue Shade 6. Blush 7. Wide Awake 8. Ask Me About My Love Life 9. Fantasy 10. Dazed in the Shallows
