{"id":1368,"date":"2014-05-13T10:10:34","date_gmt":"2014-05-13T14:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/?p=1368"},"modified":"2014-05-23T10:37:01","modified_gmt":"2014-05-23T14:37:01","slug":"ray-lamontagne-supernova","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/ray-lamontagne-supernova\/","title":{"rendered":"Ray LaMontagne <br>Supernova"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/ray_lamontagne-supernova.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1369\" src=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/ray_lamontagne-supernova.jpg\" alt=\"Ray LaMontagne, Supernova\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/ray_lamontagne-supernova.jpg 250w, https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/ray_lamontagne-supernova-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>Even if you think you don\u2019t know Ray LaMontagne, you\u2019ve probably been unwittingly exposed to his music. A favorite of television and movie music supervisors, his songs have been the sensitive, soothing, and engaging voice underscoring a number of critical moments in the pop culture universe. Or maybe you do remember him from his highly acclaimed cover of Gnarls Barkley\u2019s \u201cCrazy.\u201d At a time when there were 50-something versions of the song, his stood out by giving it a stripped down and haunting twist. In many ways, that cover and his seemingly ubiquitous presence as the knowing, warm bath of a voice has seemingly frozen his public perception in amber. He\u2019s the gently bearded folkie who you can trust with your emotions. However, for LaMontagne\u2019s latest and fifth album, <i>Supernova<\/i> (RCA), he\u2019s pulling a different outfit from the wardrobe.<\/p>\n<p>Joined by the Black Keys\u2019 Dan Auberbach on production, LaMontagne brings some new tricks out of the bag. On <i>Supernova<\/i>, he and Auberbach jump into the wayback machine and graft some late-60s psych rock and British Invasion paisley style onto LaMontagne\u2019s usual folk excursions. It\u2019s a striking and in your face emersion that\u2019s present from the striking of the first note, while avoiding the usual tropes of nouveau-retro production. Instead of going to the usual benchmarks, it seems like LaMontagne and Auberbach took inspiration from the \u201960s B-squad rather than revisiting the well-worn Beatles\u2013Beach Boys axis. There\u2019s a refined and at times almost orchestral vibe to the tracks that on paper seems like it would be the polar opposite of what LaMontagne is about. But LaMontagne launches himself full-bore into the proceedings and sounds completely comfortable throughout the album\u2019s 43 minutes.<\/p>\n<p><i>Supernova<\/i> works because while Auberbach does put LaMontagne into a new set of clothes, it\u2019s not a makeover. It\u2019s like a tailored suit with a different cut than he\u2019d usually wear. And on songs like \u201cJulia,\u201d if someone told you it was a lost Strawberry Alarm Clock single, you likely wouldn\u2019t blink an eye. But at its core, it\u2019s still a LaMontange record. Throughout the album his voice remains soulful, if a touch more energized, and he can still write evocative snapshots of relationships. However, in contrast to the style for which he\u2019s most known, here he sounds a bit more playful and vocally elastic. And while it may seem like overkill to keep referring to Auberbach\u2019s roll in the proceedings, a less deft touch could have overwhelmed LaMontagne. Together they\u2019ve struck the right balance of new and old. In a lot of ways, it\u2019s parallel to Danger Mouse\u2019s work on the Black Keys\u2019 <i>Attack &amp; Release<\/i>. Whether or not it inspires the same type of reappraisal of LaMontagne remains to be seen, but at the very least <i>Supernova<\/i> shows that the old dog can learn some new tricks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even if you think you don\u2019t know Ray LaMontagne, you\u2019ve probably been unwittingly exposed to his music. 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