The Best of Lester Del Rey by Lester del Rey

Despite the heavy intonations of the album, in an interview with Pitchfork, Mering stated her plea that is the continuous thread featured throughout the album, “I want to make sure everybody feels like they deserve to be alive.” Her critically acclaimed fourth album acts as an analysis on the impact of the internet, social media, and over-connectedness when it comes to love and connection, and the inability to understand others despite a world of information at everyone’s fingertips. While Weyes Blood may be a name that isn’t considered “household” as of yet, the album “Titanic Rising” certainly put singer-songwriter Natalie Mering ever closer. Learn these backstories and more, like how much a landmark “Funeral” cost to produce, and the band that recorded its smash record in a farmhouse with walls lined with tin foil. Many songs went on to be used in commercials and movie soundtracks, and one specific track on a revered album led to a lawsuit from Cat Stevens. The list is heavy on indie rockers from Canada and the United States, and West Coast rappers that redefined hip-hop artistry.

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The Best of Lester Del Rey by Lester del Rey