The War On Drugs
Without a doubt my favourite album of this year has been “Lost In A Dream” by The War On Drugs.
Long drives in the Valiant with this in the tape deck have been thoroughly revelatory, cathartic and have cured me of everything. The music makes me feel at home, nostalgic, alive, uplifted; then at times sad, then happy, then happysad. It reminds me… of the present. It’s the deepest, sweetest pleasure. It takes me back, takes me out and takes me waaaay in. I don’t know where… but it takes me There.
Come and ride away
It’s easier to stick to the earth
Surrounded by the night
Surrounded by the night
And you don’t grow old
This is their third album and it’s their masterpiece. It took two years to record – apparently with cycles of writing, rehearsing, recording, then scrapping and starting over. QC was set to “ultimate”; only the finest and sublimest was silky enough to slip through the filter. Not that it’s without true grit either.
Things come and go so quickly, but this album is a piece of art for the ages. It means everything to me to have this at Meredith this year. …You’re on my side again… Friday Night, let’s get lost in a dream.
