Sinkane Depayse Orange Vinyl Edition

Sinkane is unique in that he is one of a very few artists that has a
real, tangible, physical stake in our current cultural and political
climate, and it shows in the music. For the new album Dépaysé (a
French word meaning “to be removed from one’s habitual
surroundings.”) Ahmed Gallab didn’t just write a few protest songs in
the style of the familiar Sinkane sound. Rather, you can FEEL the
difference, the change that has taken place in the art. The falsetto of
the earlier records is almost entirely gone in favor of an aggressive,
clearly stated tenor. There is almost nothing in the lyrics that is
ambiguous or even difficult to understand, and even the music’s
poppier moments are confrontational and bombastic. And while the
new album is reflective of what the band has become musically, a
wild raging force to be reckoned with live, it is at its heart about what
real frustration feels like and what real change could require. It is by
far the most personal, direct, unfiltered and raw Sinkane album.