{"product_id":"naytronix-blue-vinyl","title":"Naytronix [Blue Vinyl]","description":"Following his sprawling bedroom electronica\/disco\/lounge debut Dirty Glow by three years, Mister Divine was harvested from hours of material written by Nate Brenner while touring the world as bass player for Merrill Garbus' tUnE-yArDs and sporadically for his solo project, Naytronix. The surprisingly streamlined outcome takes on a new synth pop flavor, due largely to having recorded the album as a trio with guitarist Mark Allen-Piccolo and percussionist Robert Lopez. Still distinctly experimental, more articulate arrangements and a reliable vocal presence make for a more welcoming, song-oriented electro-pop. The album opens with wind effects, guitar, and bass before hearing a single bleep, and then launches into flittering electronics, bongo-type percussion, and laid-back vocals for a wistful, strolling \"Mr. Divine\" that, it turns out, signals a much more consistently reflective tone than its predecessor. That doesn't mean the record lacks for keyboard and guitar noodling (\"Dream\"), playful polyrhythms (\"Starting Over\"), tempo (\"Shadow\"), or catchiness (clap-along \"I Don't Remember\"); rather, it remains angst-ridden or at least blasé throughout. The lyrics reflect the curbed tone, as in \"Back in Time\" (\"Sometimes I want to go back\") and \"The Future\" (\"I hope to understand just any sort of explanation\/Is this life or simulation?\"), both with big bass grooves, gurgling effects, and dissatisfied vocals. Likewise, \"Living in a Magazine\" presents a druggy, rhythmically frenetic, funneled dreamscape that again questions reality (\"It seems so real though I'll never know\"). In the end, the more even tone and efficient arrangements are improvements for a project that doesn't skimp on whimsy; Mister Divine stays well clear of dullness or lazy musicality while providing plenty of loungy grooves and ruminative fare for late-night (possibly robot-delivered) martinis. ~ Marcy Donelson","brand":"InnerSleeve","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41917579002021,"sku":"4250506812409","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/6007\/1077\/files\/ac417ef9d9db8343a750eb2b8d6326a8.jpg?v=1777728361","url":"https:\/\/www.innersleeve.com\/products\/naytronix-blue-vinyl","provider":"InnerSleeve","version":"1.0","type":"link"}