“SLOW DANCE IN A GAY BAR” stands out on Booker’s newest album as a glint of hope on a socially charged album, with whispering poetical musings and clipping vinyl loops.
New Orleans-based singer-songwriter Benjamin Booker launched a brand new 41-minute album titled LOWER on the twenty fourth of January of this yr. Although largely grunge and rock, (and unbelievable in their very own proper and price pursuing) one specific track, “SLOW DANCE IN A GAY BAR” stands out as a extra mellow, mild, and optimistic shining star of the tracklist.
The whole lot of the album is produced by Kenny Segal, who can also be identified for his work with rap acts like Billy Woods and Armond Hammer. This track stands out as a glint of hope on a socially charged album, heavy and wrought with which means. It expresses projections of frustration and disfunction in American society as an African American, and being a part of an un-winnable recreation, which wields inside its guts such experiences as police brutality and systemic racism.
“SLOW DANCE IN A GAY BAR” is LOWER’s extra mild melody, with Benjamin Booker crooning over a clipping sound paying homage to a skipping vinyl, backtracking on itself in a loop. His lyrics whisper emblems of hope over such loops, he muses, ‘I’m starting to see the sweetness throughout me’.
