The War On Drugs

Lost In A Dream

Eyes to the wind

I was sailin' down here on the wind

When I met you and I fell away again

Like a train in reverse down a dark road

Carrying the whole load

Just rattling the whole way home

Have you fixed your eyes to the wind?

Will you let it pull you in again?

On the way back in?

I’m a bit run down here at the moment

Let me think about it babe

Let me hold ya

There’s a cold wind blowing down my old road

Down the backstreets where the pines grow

Where the river splits the undertows

But I’d be lying to myself if I said that I didn’t mind

Leave it hanging on a line

Lost inside my head

Is this the way I’ll be denied, again?

So I'll set my eyes to the wind

But it won’t be easy

To leave it all again

Just bit run down here

There's just a stranger

Living in me

As you set your eyes to the wind

And you see me pull away again

haven't lost it on a friend

I'm just bit run down here at the moment

Yeah, I'm all alone here

Living in darkness

Innovate or Die

Can it be as simple as good people, a dash of time and place and a spoon full of moon cheese? Probably, maybe, sometimes. But taking music, something arguably as old as time itself and finding ways to innovate, let alone multiple times in one presentation, kinda fucking awesome. What Jack has created in "Lazaretto" and has billowing out of Third Man Records pushes dimensions of feelings, mind travel and instinct to wonder.

Reverse Groove 

And it Goes Like this: "Lazaretto" begins on side A by placing the the needle towards the center of the record and the needle dances outward. My vinyl eye has not been trained to accommodate such a quandary.

Speed Much

And it Goes Like this: Jack's fantastic voyage of a second solo album contains all three speeds. The album plays at 33 RPM, with a track playing at 78 RPM and another at 45 RPM.

Holograms

And it Goes Like this: Tristan Duke's opportunity to use vinyl as his physical medium to create the illusion of two spinning angels is nothing but progressive.  A perfect and most beautiful hidden gem.

Dual Grooves

And it Goes Like this: "Just One Drink" gifts us with two intros, both an electric and an acoustic. Depending on where you place the needle the sounds of Jack on electric or acoustic guitar will begin and the two grooves will merge for the remainder of the song.

Under label Grooves

And it Goes Like this: Apparently there wasn't quite enough space for Jack on the vinyl, but there was under the label.  Pressed into the most exquisite label yet are tracks.

The Finish

And it Goes Like this: If appearances are indeed everything one side of the album is classic and glossy, while the other side is matte black.  Of course it is.