Nicolas Jaar debuts his Darkside project with Dave Harrington properly on 'Psychic'. It expands on their 2011 single, 'Darkside' for Jaar's now defunct Clown & Sunset label with an expensive-sounding arsenal of instrumentation and studio gloss in attempt to blur and consolidate the boundaries between rock music and Jaar's patented posh techno sound. The results converge their visions to an insoluble form, gently sweeping us across eight tracks ranging from the maudlin throb and proggy neo-classical elements of their epic opener, 'Golden Arrow' to the jaunty prog-pop indulgence of 'Heart' and the Radiohead-like ambition of 'The Only Shrine I've Been To', and clocking out with a trip-hop soul bent on 'Metatron'.A1 Golden Arrow 11:20 B1 Sitra 1:22 B2 Heart 4:57 B3 Paper Trails 4:49 C1 The Only Shrine I've Seen 7:55 D1 Freak, Go Home 6:36 D2 Greek Light 2:54 D3 Metatron 5:
