Slidin’. Ramblin’. Driftin’. Movin’. Strugglin’. The War on Drugs frontman Adam Granduciel is all of these things on Slave Ambient, the Philly outfit’s second full-length release. Given these professed feelings of restlessness and uneasiness, it’s no surprise the band’s hypno-roots-rock is all about forward motion and momentum, favoring steady, locomotive rhythms that rarely pause or waver– elements that reinforce Granduciel’s efforts to make his problems disappear in the rearview mirror.
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