The keen reader might remember No Spinoza from an article we published earlier this year, praising the project as “a peculiar, a prophetic concoction of artsy prog-rock and layered, abstract storytelling.” At the time, we were listening to ‘Airport’, an experimental, complex piece taken from No Spinoza’s upcoming album ‘Jupiter’s Great Hurricane’. Marking the project’s fourth LP to date, the record is a big, thematic offering, acting as a meditation on temptation and loss. ‘The Temptation of Saint Anthony’ is the latest single to be extracted from the album, a track that widens the sonic pool, yet still retains No Spinoza’s reflective, over-achieving lyricism.
Stepping back from the guitar-coded production of its predecessor, ‘The Temptation of Saint Anthony’ embraces a more expansive electronic allure, building a sonic landscape that’s truly cinematic and hypnotic. In fact, the record grows in intensity as it develops: noisy sound design and ambient-driven textures help give the piece an otherworldly, anthemic character. What more could you wish for? This is a triumph, one that showcases No Spinoza’s compositional talent; not only is he a gifted lyricist and a real-life philosopher, but he’s also a great musician.
Delving deeper into the record, the British artist explains: “It explores a modern-day addiction: the lure of endless images on the screen. Storm clouds gather through the track, enveloping the music with monstrous growls as the stars glitter above.” As expected, the new single ships with another music video packed with cultural references and oblique storytelling.
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