Tunde Adebimpe – Thee Black Boltz (2025) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

Tunde Adebimpe – Thee Black Boltz (2025)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 35:21 minutes | 728 MB | Genre: Rock
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For the last 24 years, Tunde Adebimpe has largely been known as the co-founder, co-vocalist and principal songwriter for TV On The Radio. The mostly-black, art-rock band triumphed through two decades of volatile cultural change to become one of the most beloved, enduring and influential groups from New York City’s early-2000s rock scene. Though Tunde’s poetic songwriting and transparent, towering vocals are central to the band’s dissonant sound, TV On The Radio, has and always will be a collaboration between a group of singular musicians.More than a decade after the last TV on the Radio album, that band is back—playing occasional shows like the Just Like Heaven festival. But singer Tunde Adebimpe is also very much doing his own thing and finally releasing his debut solo effort. It’s not a TVOTR record, but fans won’t be disappointed by songs like the excellent “Magnetic,” which is written with the band’s drummer Jahpheet Landis and pianist Jaleel Bunton, who also gets a producer credit along with Adebimpe. A kinetic blast of garage punk, fueled by energetic organ, handclaps and a sinister guitar snarl, the song is all about refusing to let the bastards get you down. “From inside, I heard a message cry/ Shinin’ like mirrors in the sky/ Get it together, kid, it’s time to fly/ Said, ‘Look around now/ You know you got the touch,'” Adebimpe sings (and hollers) in his distinctive style that ranges from growl to keening falsetto. That landscape shoots a jolt of irony into the album title, which is a reference to the Marvel character Black Bolt, who never speaks because his voice would destroy civilizations. Adebimpe, though, knows how to use his power for good. He sounds ridiculously cool on “Somebody New,” a catchy bit of early MTV-inspired New Wave that’s laden with bouncy synth and bubbly drums and just begging for a dance remix. The singer adopts Prince pitch on “God Knows,” the poppiest song here but also one that surprises with a swipe of steel guitar. Adebimpe seems to be having the time of his life on “Pinstack,” a joyous, muscle-bound take on soul with slurring, sliding phrasing and a truly great kick-in. And he adopts more of a classic croon on “ILY,” a picked guitar ballad full of romantic promises (“We could glow bright as the sky when the sun hits the sea”). “Ate the Moon,” with its serpentine melody and crashing waves of cymbals, is at once nervy—pushing, probing—and Black Sabbath heavy. (“It’s a good name for a cool metal band, and I think that most people would describe me as akin to a very cool metal band,” Adebimpe has said of the album title.) “Drop” pairs beatboxing and a lonesome Old West whistle. Break-up song “The Most” sounds like it’s lifted from a video game, while both “Blue” and “Streetlight Nuevo” are sci-fi chic. Revenge of the nerd, indeed. – Shelly Ridenour

Tracklist:

1-1. Tunde Adebimpe – Thee Black Boltz (00:36)
1-2. Tunde Adebimpe – Magnetic (02:30)
1-3. Tunde Adebimpe – Ate The Moon (04:01)
1-4. Tunde Adebimpe – Pinstack (03:07)
1-5. Tunde Adebimpe – Drop (04:16)
1-6. Tunde Adebimpe – ILY (02:53)
1-7. Tunde Adebimpe – The Most (03:54)
1-8. Tunde Adebimpe – God Knows (03:48)
1-9. Tunde Adebimpe – Blue (03:03)
1-10. Tunde Adebimpe – Somebody New (02:58)
1-11. Tunde Adebimpe – Streetlight Nuevo (04:09)

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