Generations | Milky Clear With Opaque Red Splatter

In the five years since Will Butler released his debut album, Policy, he's toured the world both solo and as a member of Arcade Fire, released the Friday Night live album, recorded and released Arcade Fire's international #1 album Everything Now, earned his master's degree in public policy from Harvard, hosted a series of touring town halls on local issues (police contracts, prison reform, municipal paid sick leave, voting rights), and spent time raising his three children. He also found the time and inspiration to write and record a new album, Generations. 'My first record, Policy, was a book of short stories,' Butler says. 'Generations is more of a novel-despairing, funny, a little bit epic. A big chunk of this record is asking: What's my place in American history? What's my place in America's present? Both in general-as a participant, as we all are, in the shit that's going down-but, also extremely particularly: me as Will Butler, rich person, white person, Mormon, Yankee, parent, musician of some sort, I guess. What do I do? What can I do? The record asks that question over and over, even if it's not much for answers.'

Tracks

1~1~Outta Here 04:44
1~2~Bethlehem 03:31
1~3~Close My Eyes 04:30
1~4~I Don't Know What I Don't Know 03:30
1~5~Surrender 03:49
1~6~Hide It Away 03:46
1~7~Hard Times 03:53
1~8~Promised 04:25
1~9~Not Gonna Die 05:07
1~10~Fine 06:50

Details

Format: Vinyl LP
Artist: Will Butler
Release Date: 25 September 2020
Genre: Special Interest / Miscellaneous
Label: MERGE
Distributor: Rocket Group