David Byrne – Who Is The Sky? LP (Apple Green) experimental in a kind of trans-continental

in a kind of trans-continental survey of those swept up in rock n' roll mania and buoyed by local newspaper ads promising fame and gold records

” “Serious Rider” and “Ranking Set” still touch on this style

Sonically the album is full of Nick Blinko’s extraordinary vocals and equally remarkable guitar

Brown Sugar

remarkably full of emotion despite (or maybe because of) its restraint and minimalism

David Byrne – Who Is The Sky? LP (Apple Green) experimental in a kind of trans-continentalIn 2023, as his triumphant 'American Utopia' era came to a close, David Byrne began jotting down the occasional groove, chord or melody and assembling them into demos he recorded with just an acoustic guitar atop a programmed beat or loop. The prior three years had given him, and much of humanity, the opportunity to ask, Do I like what I'm doing? Why am I writing songs, or working this job, or whatever? Does any of it matter?" Byrnes attempts to