Policy [LP]

by Will Butler

Overview

Policy, the debut solo outing from the excitable Arcade Fire multi-instrumentalist and younger brother of frontman Win Butler, casts Will Butler as the less relentlessly earnest of the two siblings, but the genre-hopping eight-song set retains his flagship band's penchant for taking on the big questions of faith, capitalism, and cultural identity in the 21st century, albeit with a decidedly less heavy hand. Defiant opener "Take My Side" is pure Strokes-ian proto-punk peppered with honeyed girl group "shoo-la-la-la's," the icy "Anna" stalks its quarry against a backdrop of coiled, new wave austerity, and the warmly lit ballads "Finish What I Started" and "Sing to Me" invoke names like Dennis Wilson and Father John Misty, but what Policy evokes most of all is Arcade Fire. The fiery and fractured, emotionally charged indie punk foundations of "Son of God" and "What I Want" sound like they were born out of the same sessions that produced The Suburbs' "Month of May," and the hypnotic "Something's Coming," with its psych-kissed, deep pocket groove and elliptical melodies, feels like the lost B-side of Reflektor's "It's Never Over (Oh Orpheus)." ~ James Christopher Monger

Product Details

Release Date:	03/10/2015
Label:	Merge
UPC:	0673855054018
Rank:	87576

Tracks

1. Take My Side
2. Anna
3. Finish What I Started
4. Son of God
5. Something¿¿¿s Coming
6. What I Want
7. Sing to Me
8. Witness

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Will Butler   Primary Artist
Matt Bauder   Clarinet,Saxophone
Jeremy Gara   Drums
Stuart Bogie   Saxophone
Julie Shore   Vocals (Background)
Laurel Sprengelmeyer   Vocals (Background)
Carrie Erving   Vocals (Background)
Jenny Shore Butler   Vocals (Background)
Melody Johnson Aberg   Vocals (Background)
Sara Dobbs   Vocals (Background)

Technical Credits

Mark Lawson   Mixing,Engineer
Jeremy Gara   Mixing,Composer,Producer
Sam Rouanet   Engineer
Stuart Bogie   Saxophone Arrangement
Ryan Morey   Mastering
Will Butler   Composer,Producer
Maggie Fost   Design
Ben Baptie   Engineer