(Dead Oceans/Colemine)
The US retro-soul outfit expand into funk and disco, facing societyâs hurt head on with songs of love and hope
Life-affirming positivity . Durand Jones and the Indications. Photograph: Ebru Yildiz
Life-affirming positivity . Durand Jones and the Indications. Photograph: Ebru Yildiz
Fri 30 Jul 2021 03.30 EDT
Formed out of Indiana Universityâs Soul Revue and during rehearsals in a basement, Durand Jones & the Indicationsâ first two albums were unashamedly retro soul. After the second one, American Love Call, gained international attention and acclaim, the third broadens their interests considerably. With vocals shared between Jones (lower) and drummer Aaron Frazer (higher), they stretch from floaty melancholia to gossamer funk and disco, with synths and strings. As many as 19 musicians appear on their most lavish concoctions.
Durand Jones & The Indications Share New Single ‘Love Will Work It Out’
Jun 9, 2021 Photo by Ebru Yildiz
Soul outfit Durand Jones & the Indications released the new single “Love Will Work It Out” as well as an accompanying video. The track appears on
Private Space consists of 10 tracks recorded by the band after they were apart for much of 2020. “I feel we’ll be arriving into people’s lives as they’re exiting a really tough period,” said drummer/vocalist
Aaron Frazer in regards to an album that follows 2019’s
American Love Call. “We’re not out of the woods, but hopefully this allows people to get together again, to share and experience catharsis.”
Rolling Stone Durand Jones & the Indications Release ‘Love Will Work It Out’
Band have also announced tour dates with My Morning Jacket
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Durand Jones & the Indications have released their new song “Love Will Work It Out,” alongside a video of the band performing the new track.
“For months into the pandemic and the racial/political chaos that ensued, we found it hard to write. The biggest creative dry spell we’d experienced in a decade,” the band wrote in a statement. “The constant barrage of horrible news felt overwhelming, and songs just seemed inadequate in response to police murdering people in broad daylight. Songs felt inadequate in the face of a virus that decimated communities and kept us apart from our loved ones.”