- Take Stage
- Night Pill
- Facts
- Scrambled Tricks
- South
- Calo Paste
- Slightly
- Blame
- Ten
- Road Trip
- Times
- Broken Homes
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Jason Stone Percussion
Amon Vocals
Blake Cameron Drums,Vocals
Mica Levi Strings
Raven Bush Strings
Jaega McKenna-Gordon Drums
Asha Featured Artist
Asha Lorenz Vocals
Matt Kwasniewski-Kelvin Guitar
Morgan Simpson Drums
Tagara Mhizha Bass,Vocals
Lex Amor Featured Artist
Alexis Adimora Vocals
Ego Ella Uche Vocals (Background)
Giles King-Ashong Drums
Jordan Thompson Hadfield Juno,Guitar
Lea Sen Featured Artist
Demae Chioma Wodu Vocals (Background)
Dr Unkle Vocals
Lea Fourlin Vocals
Simon Tickner Vocals
Heba Kadry Mastering
Ben Romans-Hopcraft Co-Arranger
Asha Lorenz Composer
Wu-Lu Composer,Engineer,Producer
Brain Dead Design
Lex Amor Composer
Machine Operated Photography
Max Lyons-Depont Engineer
Amon Wale Joseph Brown Composer


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Overview
Teeming with dread, resilience, and vigor, and somehow both "Let's have some of that" thrown together and skillfully deliberate, Loggerhead is categorically uncategorizable. It's distinct from Wu-Lu's previous EPs and singles. Not even the range of the multi-instrumentalist, producer, and singing/rapping/screaming vocalist as a collaborator -- as part of the Touching Bass network, and with motley associates including Ras G, Ego Ella May, Zara McFarlane, and Tirzah -- provided an indication. The liner notes from Wu-Lu himself, seemingly transcribed from an interview granted immediately after the last song was recorded, give off the same rush of creative energy: "This record is something to hold onto...and a piece of work that hurts and heals...not to be taken too seriously but not to be taken lightly, a balance of both sides." Contrary to the end of that statement, there's a lack of equilibrium to Loggerhead that helps make it so riveting. After a weary call to action, Wu-Lu's first album kicks into high gear with "Night Pill," a rumbling alert with loosely connected thoughts communicated with alternately droning and howling vocals, and drums shifting from menacing timekeeping to abrasive judders. "Facts" teeters on mid-range drum'n'bass with dabs of low end as Wu-Lu and a seething Amon (one of the LP's numerous supporting voices) rant about thievery, surveillance, pagans, and "nonsense rules." The energy increases with "Scrambled Tricks," a mosh pit shout-along with more barreling bass. It's taken to another level on "South," the album's central track, an in-the-red hybrid of folk, hip-hop, and screamo -- with a whip-smart verse from Lex Amor -- that rails against racism, inertia, and gentrification in Wu-Lu's native South London. Less chaotic if no less charged is "Calo Paste," closing out the first half with halting strings from Mica Levi and Raven Bush, and Lea Sen kind of duetting with Wu-Lu about emotional support and the stress of survival. Remarkably, the back half of Loggerhead is almost as thrilling. Consecutive tracks "Blame" and "Ten" are battering and cathartic, and then Wu-Lu truly unloads in demonic fashion on "Road Trip," a brakeless post-hardcore daredevil mission extinguished in a cacophonous dubbed-out din. The dust clears and the mood lifts ever so slightly for "Times," a clear-eyed reckoning, and "Broken Homes," a fiery finale of simmering discontent and irrepressible determination. A special work, Loggerhead is among the most necessary albums of its time. ~ Andy Kellman
Product Details
Release Date: | 08/19/2022 |
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Label: | Warp |
UPC: | 0801061034214 |
Tracks
Album Credits
Performance Credits
Wu-Lu Primary Artist,BassJason Stone Percussion
Amon Vocals
Blake Cameron Drums,Vocals
Mica Levi Strings
Raven Bush Strings
Jaega McKenna-Gordon Drums
Asha Featured Artist
Asha Lorenz Vocals
Matt Kwasniewski-Kelvin Guitar
Morgan Simpson Drums
Tagara Mhizha Bass,Vocals
Lex Amor Featured Artist
Alexis Adimora Vocals
Ego Ella Uche Vocals (Background)
Giles King-Ashong Drums
Jordan Thompson Hadfield Juno,Guitar
Lea Sen Featured Artist
Demae Chioma Wodu Vocals (Background)
Dr Unkle Vocals
Lea Fourlin Vocals
Simon Tickner Vocals
Technical Credits
Dilip Harris MixingHeba Kadry Mastering
Ben Romans-Hopcraft Co-Arranger
Asha Lorenz Composer
Wu-Lu Composer,Engineer,Producer
Brain Dead Design
Lex Amor Composer
Machine Operated Photography
Max Lyons-Depont Engineer
Amon Wale Joseph Brown Composer
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