Sir Was / Digging A Tunnel
Album: Digging A Tunnel   Collection:General
Artist:Sir Was   Added:Mar 2017
Label:City Slang  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2017-07-20 Pull Date: 2017-09-21
Week Ending: Sep 17 Sep 10 Aug 27 Aug 6 Jul 30
Airplays: 1 1 2 1 1

Recent Airplay
1. Sep 16, 2017: Old Fart at Play
Heaven Is Here
4. Aug 24, 2017: moodswings
Revoke
2. Sep 05, 2017: Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics
In The Midst, In The Midst
5. Aug 02, 2017: The Library
A Minor Life
3. Aug 25, 2017: Wild Kingdom
In The Midst
6. Jul 27, 2017: Clean Copper Radio Talk & Hot Topics
Heaven Is Here

Album Review
Super Chuck
Reviewed 2017-07-12
Sir Was — Gotherburg’s Joel Wästberg — started out as a saxophonist listening to Charlie Parker and John Coltrane, and the freedom which Coltrane in particular embodied goes a long way to explaining the non-conformist styles of Wästerberg’s debut album. ‘Digging A Tunnel’ is an album that won't stay still, won't conform, and which certainly won’t sound like anything else out there right now. The record actually sounds as if it had released ideas, ambitions, melodies in years. Full of TripHop beats, Electronica loops, jazz arrangements, soul and folkmelodies.

Chillwave, like: Cairobi, Drugdealer, Tame Impala.

FCC clean

1.In the Midst (5:01) Funky, soulful electronica.
2.A Minor Life (4:13) Shimmering Tame Impalaish vocals and a set of bagpipes.
3.Digging a Tunnel (4:01) Psychedelic pop, trip hoppy jam.
4.Bomping (2:25) Nice harmonica, bluesy rhythms, southern feel.
5.Revoke (5:28) Spoken word samples, piano-led shuffle, chill trip.
6.Falcon (4:35) Downbeat drums and some rapping vocals.
7.Heaven is Here (4:30) Fragile, tender balladry and jazzy.
8.Interconnected (3:34) Tame Impala-like electronica.
9.Leave It Here (4:20) Baggy beats, electronic droplets, punctuating synths.
10.Sunsets Sunrises (7:28) Slow electronic ballad.

Track Listing
1. In The Midst   6. Falcon
2. A Minor Life   7. Heaven Is Here
3. Digging A Tunnel   8. Interconnected
4. Bomping   9. Leave It Here
5. Revoke   10. Sunsets Sunrises