After his breakthrough Lost in The Dream, Adam Granduciel takes things a step further. Marrying the weathered hope of Dylan, Springsteen, and Petty with a studio rat’s sense of detail, A Deeper Understanding feels like an album designed to get lost in, where lush textures meet plainspoken questions about life, loss, and hope, and where songs stretch out as though they’re chasing answers. For as much as Granduciel says in words, it’s his music that speaks loudest, from the synth-strobing heartland rock of “Holding On” and “Nothing to Find” to ballads like “Clean Living” and “Knocked Down,” whose spaces are as expansive as any sound.
Tracklisting
- Up All Night (6:24)
- Pain (5:31)
- Holding On (5:51)
- Strangest Thing (6:41)
- Knocked Down (4:00)
- Nothing To Find (6:10)
- Thinking Of A Place (11:10)
- In Chains (7:21)
- Clean Living (6:28)
- You Don’t Have To Go (6:43)
Apple Music
Videos
The War on Drugs - Pain [Official Video]
More Videos
- The War On Drugs - Holding On [Official Video]
- The War On Drugs - Strangest Thing [Official Audio]
- The War On Drugs - Thinking Of A Place [Official Audio]
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Release Information
| Key | Value |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia URL | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Deeper_Understanding |
| Format | Vinyl 2× LP Album Limited Edition (Clear) |
| Label | Atlantic |
| Catalog Number | 7567-86606-2 |
| Notes | Sold exclusively at independent record stores. Gatefold sleeve. Printed inner sleeves, download code and lyrics insert included. Called “Coke Bottle Clear” on the sticker, it looks more like frosted clear. Catalogue numbers: 7567-86606-2 - On spine 561934-1 - On record labels ℗ © 2017 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the outside of the United States. Manufactured in the E.U. Recorded 2015-2017 at Sonora Recorders, Boulevard Recording, East West, United Recorders, Shawn’s Truckstop Studio, Electric Lady, Thump Recording Additional Recording by Nicolas Vernhes at Rare Book Room, Daniel Schlett at Strange Weather, Nick Krill at Future Past and Kawari Sound, Jeff Zeigler at Uniform Recording, Gabe Wax at Vox Studios All words And music […] published by Sea Formation Music (ASCAP) except ‘Holding On’ […] published by Sea Formation Music (ASCAP) and Son Of Saw Publishing (BMI) |
| Discogs URL | The War On Drugs - A Deeper Understanding |