HTRK - Work (Work, Work) [15th Anniversary Edition] CEDAR WALTON / RON CARTER / JACK DEJOHNETTE we're living in anxious times

we're living in anxious times

the album reflects Rouse’s early use of system-based composition within a band format

This fed into the lo-fi feel of the record

southern soul picked up musical cues and absorbed influences from a whole variety of sources: horn lines from Louisiana’s swamp pop

and I had to grow into them

HTRK - Work (Work, Work) [15th Anniversary Edition] CEDAR WALTON / RON CARTER / JACK DEJOHNETTE we're living in anxious timesHTRKs Work (work, work), a cult classic pressed for its 15th anniversary, emerged from grief after the sudden loss of founding member Sean Stewart in 2010. Marked by achingly slow 808 beats, eerie synth arpeggios, and vaporous guitar noise, with Jonnine Standish's singular sense of detachment, Work (work, work) registered as bleak, abrasive, and melancholic. Yet deeper listens through the murky, minimalist set reveal a romantic core. Something theyd