26. Robert Plant (& the Sensational Space Shifters) – Lullaby…and the Ceaseless Roar
Did you realize that Robert Plant’s voice is still awesome? Would you listen to a new Robert Plant album full of quieter, melancholic songs like Zepplin’s “Bron-y-aur Stomp” and “Rain Song?” Well, listen to this. On this album, Plant is exploring some British folk song structures and instrumentation and (apart from the U2-sounding lead single, “Rainbow”) it yields pretty awesome results. “Little Maggie” is a flurry of string instruments & reeds meeting modern, hip-hop influenced percussion and held together with vintage Plant vocals. “Somebody There” is like a small vial of nostalgia. Other tracks clash (in an interesting way!) with their modern production techniques. These songs feel old in so many good ways, but there’s an interesting mechanical vibe running throughout the album that calls to mind the inevitable change that all societies go through that turns music into “old folk music” and turns industrial towns into ghost towns.
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