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Producers: Matt Johnson and Warne Livesey
When the world feels as fractured and toxic as it does at present, The The’s Matt Johnson is precisely the person we need to rebalance our collective chi. The man is a lyrical wizard and a musical soothsayer, capable of of diving headfirst into our fears and anxieties and clicking us back into place like some sort of psychic chiropractor.
From the haunting tones of “Cognitive Dissident,” he had us hooked. Johnson’s vocals, ably complemented by famed backing singers, feel personal in a manner reminiscent of Leonard Cohen or perhaps Tom Waits.
