Let the People Speak

Black Francis and Violet Clark had one simple goal heading into their second Grand Duchy album... That's clear from the start, as See-Thru You sets the scene alongside laserguided synth lines, brass-fitted beats and ravenous riffs, only to be swept away by the manic melodies and fist-pumping choruses of White Out. Written by Clark while Francis was on tour with the Pixies, it's just a taste of how carefree and confident the married couple's become in the three years that separated their debut LP an experiment that didn't stay that way for long-and the dizzying highs of a concept album that exists in a parallel universe in the past... now.