Way Forward by Nation of Language (Record, 2022)

Pias

5400863068868

9052241501

Nation of Language

2020s

Record

2022

Punk/New Wave, Indie Electronic

Studio Recording

Way Forward

Album

Pop, Alternative, Rock

Integral/Cinram Novum

10

The second album from the Brooklyn synth-pop revivalists explores a broader emotional palette while hitting familiar pleasure points., 5 stars out of 5 -- "It's fuzzy and nostalgic, but also pure and inventive all at once. There’s a sense of poise about Devaney’s lyricism too..."

1

On album two, the band's 1980-modeled merger of murky post-punk and sleek synth pop looks to earlier Krautrock without missing a drum machine beat.