Happy release day to Will Butler! Generations, the second solo album from the Arcade Fire multi-instrumentalist, is out in the world today. Listen now and pick up your copy on CD, LP, and red splatter Peak Vinyl in the Merge store, or through your favorite independent record shop.
Two weeks ago, Will Butler and his band traveled from Brooklyn’s Kensington neighborhood up to Central Park and Fort Greene to perform a Take Away Show for La Blogothèque. Watch their live renditions of “Close My Eyes” and “Bethlehem” now.
More advance praise for Generations:
"[Generations] recalls Eno and Bowie in its synthiness but also Spoon in its sunny determination." —Rolling Stone
“Generations has a tension that feels timely but [Will] can’t help sprinkling that tension with the palpable, musical joy that’s emanated from him since the beginning.” —DIY
"Generations is the closest in Butler’s solo music to his work in Arcade Fire, recalling the band’s early records like Funeral and Neon Bible, yet it’s inherently Will Butler. And it couldn’t have come at a more fitting time." —Spin
“The followup to his 2015 solo debut Policy, Generations finds [Butler] updating that album’s bratty punk ’tude with a sense of direction and a spit shine.” —Montreal Gazette
“While there’s no current world leaders namechecked or any on-the-nose political commentary across the LP, the angst of its contents is instantly tangible, backed by the intellect of somebody who’s spent the past few years studying the ins and outs of government processes.” —The Line of Best Fit
