Description
Gang of Youths return withnbspAngel in Realtime. The album is about the life and legacy of Daves father, indigenous identity, death, grief and God. And also the Angel, Islington.Despite and indeed because of frontman Dave Lersquoaupepersquos fatherrsquos absence, his influence permeates every talking point that the album offers. At times itrsquos solely focused upon the precise, personal experiences of loss the dichotomy of intensity and peace that comes as someone passes through their final days the overwhelming feeling in the wake of their death that life will never be the same, even if the rest of the world at large remains utterly unchanged.Although the album is eclectic influences range from American minimalism and contemporary classical, to drawing upon the legacy of Britainrsquos alternativeindie scenes, from drum lsquonrsquo bass to the most transcendent moments of Britpop itrsquos equally rooted in Lersquoaupepersquos Samoan heritage, with the majority of tracks featuring samples from David Fanshawersquos recordings of indigenous music from the Polynesian islands and the wider South Pacific. lsquoangel in realtimersquo also features contributions from a cast of talented Pasifika and Mori vocalists and instrumentalists.
