“Loves Missing” is the most straightforward song on the record. Iggy briefly opines, “I wanna be free.” It’s a statement that perhaps alludes to the personally elusive sensation of freedom, but doubles in its application on this record as describing the sonics and textures of free jazz, as well as the album’s yearning for an escape from political turmoil. ![]() The title track features ambient textures and slowly rising trumpet tones. So this album just kind of happened to me, and I let it happen.” I know that’s an illusion, and that freedom is only something you feel, but I have lived my life thus far in the belief that that feeling is all that is worth pursuing all that you need - not happiness or love necessarily, but the feeling of being free. And I felt like I wanted to put on shades, turn my back, and walk away. Iggy notes, “This is an album in which other artists speak for me, but I lend my voice… By the end of the tours following ‘Post Pop Depression,’ I felt sure that I had rid myself of the problem of chronic insecurity that had dogged my life and career for too long. “Free” is an album channeled in the wake of post-tour depression (after touring for “Post Pop Depression,” of course). There are glimpses of Iggy’s signature Motor City proto punk vocalizing on songs like “Loves Missing” or the crassly-penned protest song “Dirty Sanchez,” but it’s largely an introspective and brooding endeavor. As a result, many of the tracks are ambient, tonal, and jazz-inspired, with Iggy crooning or doing spoken word over instrumentals. It’s composed in collaboration with acclaimed trumpeter Leron Thomas and guitarist Noveller (a.k.a Sarah Lipstate). Overall, it’s an album whose tone is rather somber and meditative. “ Free ,” Iggy Pop’s eighteenth album, is a record that gives a glimpse of classic Iggy, and attempts to build in another new, experimental direction. The recent Grammy-nominated and his top performing solo album, “ Post Pop Depression,” was produced by Josh Homme, and a joint EP with Underworld from 2018 featured mostly spoken word over pulsating undercurrents. From collaborations with Bowie and varying degrees of garage-inspired and hard rock output to new wave forays, punk and hard rock material, jazz experimentation and even a French language album, he’s been all over. ![]() Known for his shirtless, spirited live performances, and rocket-propelled vocal s dating back to his initial output with the Stooges, Iggy has released seventeen solo records over the years. ![]() Iggy Pop Will Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night on ‘Free’Īt the age of 72, Iggy Pop is, of course, a legendary performer and musician.
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