Amatssou: Vinyl LP SOV_essentials On the surface

On the surface

girlfriend of BÖC keyboardist and rhythm guitarist Allen Lanier)

Thom Yorke's passionate wailing is put through the aural wringer

the first full-length in five years

Amatssou: Vinyl LP SOV_essentials On the surfaceSome people have commented that Tinariwen have always been a country band, albeit a North African take on that most North American of genres. That idea is magnified on new album Amatssou, which finds the Tuareg bands trademark snaking guitar lines and hypnotic rhythms blending seamlessly with pedal steel, piano and strings from guest musicians including Daniel Lanois, the embellished arrangements lending the songs an epic, universal application. Full