Have you ever felt more alone in a crowd of thousands than when you’re with a few good friends? City Life explores this phenomenon, as much of the US population finds itself living this reality daily.

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Envisioned as a companion piece to last year’s Singing Saw, which explored beauty and freedom, seizing upon the rot that seeps into even the supposedly safest of realms, City Music does much the same –although the concept is different and its sound is a direct counterpoint.

Pitchfork declares: “Morby’s City is a stand-in for a heart, for community; his band’s nuanced interplay is living proof of the fact that he knows how good it feels to be part of something bigger than yourself.”

City Music is a brilliant record for lots of reasons. Somehow, it brings together sage lessons about social construction, from childhood through adulthood, all the while expressing itself with clarity from musical perspectives.