Tunde Adebimpe
Just a quick note that "Three Black Bolts" is so instantly on heavy rotation here in the record cave.
I just wanna be somebody new
Is there nothing in this world
That we can do about this
Heavenly vibration coming through
How can we feed this love?
You may recognize Tunde Adebimpe from "TV On The Radio" fame. And if you're looking for more of that TVotR video there are still banger bopz like "Magnetic" on Three Black Bolts. Tunde has a real ability to throw down a kind of intelligible Ozzy Osbourne that has only got better over the years. Other standouts like "God Knows", "Ate The Moon" and closer "Streetlight Nuevo" really round out a record full of succinct but unique sounds.
Tunde is a lover of Frank Black/Pixies and cites "Doolittle" as a favourite. The artfully abstract and expressive lyrics track with what is happening on this record Three Black Bolts and many TVotR records before this. There are so many lyrical nuggets on Three Black Bolts proving that Alternative Rock is still alive, breathing and still communicating some ineffable numinous feeling.