Release Date: May 1, 2013
Label: Boom Kat
The Redeemer by Dean Blunt is an album of contrasts. Coming from the experimental pop duo Hype Williams, Blunt's third solo album comes with little fan-fair or pretense, despite still being a "pop" album. Sweeping harps, strings and orchestrated melodies dance along side hip-hop beats, eccentric samples and droning, evocative vocals from both Blunt and contributor Inga Copeland. Its the kind of instrumentation one might see in a Kanye West album, even though Blunt has said his favorite record is still What's the Story Morning Glory and that he hates hip-hop (Source)
The Redeemer by Dean Blunt is an album of contrasts. Coming from the experimental pop duo Hype Williams, Blunt's third solo album comes with little fan-fair or pretense, despite still being a "pop" album. Sweeping harps, strings and orchestrated melodies dance along side hip-hop beats, eccentric samples and droning, evocative vocals from both Blunt and contributor Inga Copeland. Its the kind of instrumentation one might see in a Kanye West album, even though Blunt has said his favorite record is still What's the Story Morning Glory and that he hates hip-hop (Source)
The whole album's production is in stark contrast to Blunt's previous work in Black is Beautiful where mid-range frequencies failed to exist and infra bass caved in speakers. The Redeemer is almost a boastful album in this respect. Genre boundaries are jumped over and over again. Walls of Jericho paddles off with wave samples and tension-filled violins, only to be succeeded with Make it Official, a sappy, guitar solo driven R&B track. Its clear Dean Blunt doesn't care if his music makes sense, often switching between synths and recordings of the same instruments between songs. Even with all the poppy experimentation, Blunt still finds room for sincerity and meaning. Raspy voicemails and crooning songs about lost love scatter a very intimidating, but not hostile, album. Despite its origins in detached, classical art made from trashy music, The Redeemer is an interesting experiment with the structure of music and of an album.
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