I intend to live forever.” But even as he demurs, it’s hard not to play his 14th studio album, You Want It Darker, and hear a pristine, piously crafted last testament-a courtly act of finality that extends to the title. “If you have a penchant for Blur (when they are not being annoying and in an experimental frame of mind), this could well be the album to soundtrack these oncoming months of strangeness and wonder.Which is a placidity his followers don’t always share what other 82-year-old artist could possibly acknowledge his impending mortality and alarm his fans enough to recant? After The New Yorker’s remarkable recent profile quoted him as “ready to die”-depicting a mentally dexterous, physically frail ascetic “confined to barracks” in Los Angeles, solemnly tidying his affairs-Cohen took pains to console his fans, with familiar drollness: “I’ve always been into self-dramatization. “If Lynch was ever exiled to the continent the way Orson Welles was and he put together a cult retro science fiction tale set in West Berlin, this album would be knocking on his door demanding to be included.” (Apocalypse Later) It's clearly pop (the melodies here and there) but it's definitely not pop (far too fuzzy, far too cosmic).” (DCALC) “It's dark but rather sunny all the same. “There’s a lot to find here, especially if you’re a filmmaker searching for the right soundtrack to your sci-fi love story.” (Overblown) “With loopy and addictive melodies, ‘I Don't Want It Darker’ stands out among the many retro releases thanks to its nuanced aesthetics and stylish eclecticism.” (VISIONS) I love it.” (Birthday Cake for Breakfast) “I really haven’t heard another record that sounds like this one.
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