https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8k3qB61lhk&feature=youtu.be You know, to hell with the people who say Julian Casablancas should accept his limits as a frontman. Technically speaking, sure his vocal range isn't the widest and his voice is most appealing when it's belting out a catchy, bad-ass hook; but I feel when he chooses to break away from those things, it only enhances his DGAF appeal. The above 11-minute-long art-rock odyssey "Human Sadness," taken from Tyranny (his forthcoming full-length debut with The Voidz), finds Casablancas as far out of his depth as a singer-songwriter as he's ever been. But rather than sounding like a crushing defeat at the hands of his limitations, it's more of a bold stand against them. He doesn't exactly nail the vocal highs and lows The Voidz's multi-phased composition calls for, but he gives this Sisyphean task his all, which I'd argue is just as (if not more) admirable. In my book Casablancas sounds no less bad-ass doing odd and surprising than he does doing punchy and immediate.
Looking forward to giving Tyranny a good listen when it drops September 23 via Cult Records.