In his latest album for R&S Records, Glaswegian producer Alex Smoke continues developing the sound exhibited on incredible singles for the label like ‘Dust’ and ‘GreenMan’, furrowing the depths of melancholia but emerging with something surprisingly optimistic. With a greater use of his own voice than ever before, Love Over Will is a mesh of hypnotic rhythms, layered discordant electronics, and skewed quasi-pop music. The foggy sound palette more than lives up to the ‘Smoke’ part of his moniker, while the excellent and deliberately provocative artwork visualises the album’s implicit references to Aleister Crowley’s occultology.
1 Fair is Foul 02:01
2 Dire Need 02:56
3 LossGain 03:18
4 Dust 03:54
5 Galdr 02:08
6 All My Atoms 02:46
7 Yearning Mississippi 02:03
8 Love Over Will 03:15
9 Manacles 03:10
10 Whitening 00:58
11 Astar Mara 01:55
12 Star At The Summit 03:11
13 Fall Out 02:42
