Healer

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Many of the songs on Grouplove’s fourth album, like the rallying cry of “Promise,” directly reflect the upheaval they observed while recording the album at the residential studio complex Sonic Ranch in El Paso, Texa. “We were at the border where kids were being held,” vocalist/keyboardist Hannah Hooper tells Apple Music. Guitarist/vocalist Andrew Wessen add, “We could hear the rallie, the people and the megaphone. So we channeled all that. And maybe that song will take legs and be its own voice in that.” But even at their most unruly, the LA indie group can’t help but share their concerns with smiles and good cheer. Songs like “Inside Out” and “Youth” are about being fully engaged and living in the now, both stamped with the lush sonic imprint of producer/TV on the Radio member Dave Sitek—who openly told the band he’d assist in recording <i>Healer</i> because he believed in them. “This is one of those incredible creative moments where, really, you’re hitting a stride that you’ve never hit as a band—and Dave was such a huge part of that,” says Wessen. “He would say, ‘Stop being a musician,’ which I thought was geniu, because it basically was like, ‘Stop thinking about what you're playing.’” .

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