At War With Walls And Mazes CD (ABR82)

Son Lux’s first album is a heady collection of songs breathing the same air and sharing the same space; painted from the same palette but set apart still—each is a distinct region of one broad, heaving sonic landscape.

From afar At War With Walls & Mazes is an environment characterized by would-be contradictions: the austere grandness of chamber music undercut by undulating electronica; the intricately orchestral assembled via hip-hop collage; a day-plain pop ease silhouetted by deep soul. Up close, it’s clear that these contradictions are what hold the entire work together.

1. Prologue
2. Break
3. Weapons
4. Betray
5. Stay
6. Raise
7. Tell
8. Wither
9. Stand
10. War
11. Epilogue