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When creators fuck with how we experience time and space, great fictions emerge: Clive Barker’s 'Imajica,' Andrei Tarkovsky’s sci-fi classic 'Solaris,' and Godard’s 'Alphaville.' But what happens to artists when the flow of time gets f^cked up IRL? When an hour stretches into eternity, and the voices in your head begin to echo through empty rooms? Kevin Barnes (they/them), the creative visionary behind of Montreal, found commonality with this plotline as the new collection came to life during a time when the flow of time was difficult to grasp for people across the globe.

Isolation and uncertainty loomed throughout the genesis of Freewave Lucifer fck f^ck fck. Contemplating how time functions in music and experimenting accordingly, the new songs are dense with ideas but short on repetition, feel epic in scope despite reasonable running times. The expansive selections contrast markedly with the focused pop of 2020’s UR FUN, which was crafted for visceral thrills and the concert stage.

As it was for countless musicians around the world, the inability to tour eliminated one of the linchpins of Kevin Barnes’ creative process. Denied social interaction and diverse experiences, they delved inward. “Freewave is my term for wild and intractable artistic expression. Lucifer is the angel of enlightenment and elucidation. Fuck is something we say when things are going really well, or really badly,” they detail. Barnes likens their compositional process to making collages from seemingly unrelated source materials, combining them in provocative ways to reveal new meanings. “It’s like collaborating with my subconscious in a way. It feels deeply personal, even though I don’t necessarily understand it at that moment.”

1. Marijuana’s A Working Woman (0:00)
2. Ofrenda-Flanger-Ego-à Gogo (5:27)
3. Blab Sabbath Lathe of Maiden (8:49)
4. Après Thee Dèclassè (14:38)
5. Modern Art Bewilders (19:57)
6. Nightsift (24:02)
7. Hmmm (28:42)

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