Gastr del Sol "The Serpentine Similar" 2024-12-06 third album Idle Gossip continued

third album Idle Gossip continued in the same mold as their first two LPs with "Geordie's Gone To Jail

Aparna Nancherla

While somewhat intimate and esoteric

and Wright performed his first lead vocal on a Pink Floyd album since 1973's The Dark Side of the Moon

“We were just so hyped the whole time

Gastr del Sol "The Serpentine Similar" 2024-12-06 third album Idle Gossip continuedBastro was being reborn, with Grubbs on guitars, keyboards and vocals and Brown on bass. Playing in duo format opened up sound and intention, leaving the need for speed (and the stock in rock) out, while letting in an expanse of brooding, droning acoustic space that highlighted the songs serpentine shapes. This was something so radically different as to require a new calling card: henceforth, Gastr del Sol