Resident rock music demigods TV on the Radio have decided to unleash a track from their upcoming album, Nine Types of Light upon the world by way of Seattle radio station 107.7 The End's website. In addition, the band's twitter feed is currently sporting a list of stops scheduled for the group's April 8-May 2 tour. An album release date of April 12 was also revealed.
On their first two official records, Desperate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babes and Return to Cookie Mountain, TV on the Radio pounded swells of noise and energy into their listeners ears. Usually the tracks would be initially off-putting due to the the amount of musical information they contained. Their 2008 record, Dear Science, was more approachable and less dense but still managed to avoid sacrificing musical complexity. Based on their newest track, "Will Do," the band seems to be building off of the sounds of Dear Science, rather than reverting back to an earlier sound.
The track lacks the violent falsettos and overpowering walls of guitar noise TV on the Radio is so adept at crafting. In it's place are occasional interlocking guitar swirls and riffs, a pleasant melody and a simple beat that maintains itself for the length of the song. Lyrically, Tunde Adebimpe and Kyp Malone often walk the line between heartfelt and overly melodramatic. On "Will Do," the band once again narrowly falls on the heartfelt side of this continuum. Adebimpe croons his dedication to a woman who has left him heartbroken.
Using this song as an indication (which is unwise considering the traditional variety of a TV on the Radio release), Nine Types of Light may be their most laid back and softly emotional effort to date. Think, And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out, by Yo La Tengo but with a little more of a kick.
"but anytime will do, my love/anytime will do, no choice of words will break me from this rule/anytime will do, my love/anytime will do, what choices of words will take me back to you/ohhh oh oh"
For more of my musings on Nine Types of Light, check out this awesome post.
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