Son Lux - Bones (2015) [Hi-Res]

2015 release, the fourth album by singer/songwriter Ryan Lott and Co. Now, Son Lux is a band. A trio, to be exact; one that has meticulously woven together dizzying percussion, fraying guitar, symphonic bluster, and haunting vocals into a quaking and vivid post-pop (post-everything) burst called Bones. The album combines all of the architectural precision and aural inventiveness we've come to expect, with more immediacy and melody than ever. That's all to do with the crew.

Review
Son Lux was previously the moniker of Ryan Lott, but he fleshed out the project into a trio for new album Bones, which is out this summer. We ve already heard the feverish, synth-charged Change Is Everything and seen its video. Today we get another dramatic new track from the group, You Don t Know Me. It basically sounds like Queen plus huge drum machines and vocal effects. If you like your pop bombastic, orchestral, and full of still-bleeding wounds, this song is for you. Listen. --Stereogum

Echoing the song s tense themes, Lott s raspy vocals cut like an icy dagger as he sings pointed lines such as You write my name on your walls, you don t know me/ I feel you tracing my scars, you don t know me. The instruments also follow suit, sounding like warring weapons erratic, urgent, and often at odds with one another. Percussive elements pop with color, only to fade and disappear seconds later; some synths bend and twist like rubber, while others shatter and crackle as if made of glass. --Consequence of Sound



Tracklist:
01. Son Lux - Breathe In (0:51)
02. Son Lux - Change Is Everything (3:05)
03. Son Lux - Flight (3:21)
04. Son Lux - You Don't Know Me (3:40)
05. Son Lux - This Time (3:51)
06. Son Lux - I Am the Others (4:45)
07. Son Lux - Your Day Will Come (3:22)
08. Son Lux - Undone (4:21)
09. Son Lux - White Lies (4:58)
10. Son Lux - Now I Want (4:03)
11. Son Lux - Breathe Out (3:00)