Gang of Youths have never shied away from grandiosity; they've built their reputations (and collected a fair share of recoil from some) through following every indulgence in their sound, peppering their discography with cinematic, sometimes overbearingly produced, songs and albums that long to become events, wringing every drop of drama to fuel their super-sized tales of personal crisis and tragedy. It's not completely unwarranted given the events experienced, and they've done very well for themselves with this approach, but third album angel in realtime. feels much more poignant; a 67-minute tribute to David Le'aupepe's father, who passed away in 2018 just as his son's star was rising, angel in realtime. is the most dense, deep and emotional work Gang of Youths have released to date. Informed by the grief of his passing and the enigmatic nature of his life in perhaps equal measure, angel in realtime. is the complicated, towering story of Teleso "Tatte...
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