![]() ‘Dark Places’ and ‘Star’ are more variations on the sonics that preceded them and closer ‘Everlasting Nothing’ brings the acoustic guitar back up – before the synths overpower it – and goes out with a glorious choral finish. The title track features Terrell Hines on vocals, channelling André 3000, and there’s another guest in the form of Chris Martin on ‘Stratosphere’, which could pass for one of Coldplay’s better moments, if that’s not a musical oxymoron. Its title Hyperspace captures the albums otherworldly soundscapes: all heavy synths, eclectic beats and emotive vocals. ‘Die Waiting’ melds a treated Eighties electric guitar riff and acoustic chords before a near-falsetto chorus with an “I’ll love you forever” lyric, love is the drug in the acoustic electronica of ‘Chemical’, and ‘See Through’ floats away on keyboard waves as the percussion pattern bobs on the surface. The lyrics - with Williams giving it a bit of ooh-ooh - point towards some sort of biblical St. Which makes the slide acoustic guitar on ‘Saw Lightning’ more jarring, but in a good way. Either way, it’s a great single and sounds as au courant as today’s paper. Things happen very fast and there’s not a lot of second-guessing, which is great."Īfter the Eno-ey introductory ‘Hyperlife’, featuring the first of Beck’s superb vocals, ‘Uneventful Days’ continues along slightly ambient lines and finds our man bemoaning either a failing relationship or the fleeting nature of inspiration. Beck has said that working with Williams "very different from any situation that I’ve ever made music in. Written and produced, for the most part, with the park-ranger-hat-wearing-prancer, Pharrell Williams, it’s a more subdued affair than 2017’s Colors, and all the better for it. Albeit, there is a bit more minimalism this time around, thanks to Pharrell’s input. The 14th album from Beck, and first since 2017’s double-Grammy-winning ‘Colors’, shows the LA-born artist on top experimental form. Once the lyrical sorrow and apocalyptic visions hit home, Hyperspace is revealed as a bleak, spacey R&B tour de force.In the twenty-five years since Beck announced himself with 'Loser', he has been nothing if not interesting, and often quite brilliant ( Odelay, Sea Change, Morning Phase). Beck Hyperspace review: Verdict While it’s safe to say that Beck has done something very different to Colors with the Hyperspace album, this spacey environment is somewhere that the artist has explored before. The gestation of the album coincided with the breakdown of Beck’s marriage of 15 years. ![]() Of the artists that emerged immediately following Nirvana’s breakthrough in the early ‘90s, none were more adequately labeled than Beck, whose music was easily the best example of alternativeness. Deep turmoil festers at the centre of these superficially dazed confections, featuring Auto-Tune, multi-tracking, bleached funk, raps and woah-woah-woahs. Odelay is very much a revolt of principle, and its songs’ messages are never clearer than in the melodies themselves. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 February 2020. 4.0 out of 5 stars A great diverse album. There was a problem filtering reviews right now. ![]() It glides along on lasers, coasts on thermals – until suddenly it doesn’t. Hyperspace - Beck, Terrell Hines: 8: Stratosphere: 9: Dark Places: 10: Star: 11: Everlasting Nothing. Lit by the glow of vintage video games and a kind of hazy west coast liminality, Hyperspace sounds mushily contemporary, at least at first. Here, Saw Lightning is a genre-torching bop that harks all the way back to Beck’s Loser days, but it’s a red herring. ![]() Beck’s records can often veer away from the sound of their predecessors, but Hyperspace is no minimal DIY folk jam: it’s dewy, plush and on-trend.īeck’s eclecticism arguably paved the way for the bonfire of the genres in the present decade – even phenomena such as Old Town Road. Beck Hyperspace review: Verdict While it’s safe to say that Beck has done something very different to Colors with the Hyperspace album, this spacey environment is somewhere that the artist has explored before. Its sequel finds Beck retaining the marketplace nous of producer Greg Kurstin on one track and adding that of Pharrell Williams, purveyor of cheek-popping flair on more than half the album. Colors, Beck’s last album, won two Grammies.
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