Jordan Rakei - What We Call Life

Jordan Rakei - What We Call Life

$58.00 AUD

Translucent Green Vinyl • Limited Edition

Electronic and acoustic, rugged and ambient, intimate and orchestral. Rakei doesn't pick a lane. He builds a world and pulls you into it. Four albums in, he's still the hardest artist in his space to pin down. This is the one where he stopped hiding behind the craft and put everything on the table.

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Format, pressing and tracklist.

About the album.

About the Album What We Call Life is the fourth album from Jordan Rakei, New Zealand-born, Australia-raised, London-based multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, producer, and songwriter. Where his 2019 album Origin raised questions about technology and social media's interference with humanity, this record turns inward entirely. Its lyrics draw directly from Rakei's experience in therapy, where he began exploring the 'positive psychology' movement and working through long-held patterns, anxieties, and a childhood phobia of birds. The result is his most vulnerable and personal record: ten tracks merging electronic with acoustic, rugged grooves with ambient atmosphere, and neo-soul foundations with something richer and more textural than anything he'd made before. Lead single "Family", which Rakei describes as the most personal he's ever been addresses his parents' divorce during his mid-teens. Released September 2021 on Ninja Tune. This pressing is on translucent green vinyl. Artwork by Justin Tyler Close.

Tracklist.

Side A

  1. Family
  2. Send My Love
  3. Illusion
  4. Unguarded
  5. Clouds

Side B

  1. What We Call Life
  2. Runaway
  3. Wings
  4. Brace
  5. The Flood
Pressing details.
Format
1LP
Sleeve

Standard sleeve

Vinyl colour

Translucent
Green

Label
Ninja Tune
Catalogue number
ZEN276D
Condition
Brand new (factory sealed)
Care and packaging.

All records are handled minimally and shipped factory sealed to preserve condition. Orders are packed in purpose-built LP mailers and dispatched within one to two business days.
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