Artist: William Ryan Fritch
Album: The Letdown
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2020
Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24bit, 48 kHz
Duration: 41:23
Total Tracks: 15
Total Size: 488 MB

Tracklist:

1-01. William Ryan Fritch – Unhinged (02:18)
1-02. William Ryan Fritch – Free Radical (02:01)
1-03. William Ryan Fritch – Compulsion / Going Through the Motions (04:17)
1-04. William Ryan Fritch – Initiative (01:42)
1-05. William Ryan Fritch – Dream Differently (01:52)
1-06. William Ryan Fritch – Experiment (00:57)
1-07. William Ryan Fritch – Curls of Smoke / False Confidence (03:45)
1-08. William Ryan Fritch – Unraveling (01:47)
1-09. William Ryan Fritch – Progress Traps (03:17)
1-10. William Ryan Fritch – Ashen Relics (01:20)
1-11. William Ryan Fritch – The Letdown (02:00)
1-12. William Ryan Fritch – Hesitation / Recurring (03:11)
1-13. William Ryan Fritch – Shuttered (04:57)
1-14. William Ryan Fritch – Dream Glitch / Fugue State / Broken Barriers (05:28)
1-15. William Ryan Fritch – What’s Left Unfilched (02:24)

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‘The Letdown’ from multi-instrumentalist William Ryan Fritch kicks off Lost Tribe Sound’s new label series “Built Upon A Fearful Void.” The series introduces fifteen new albums to the label’s roster over the next year, five of which will come courtesy of Fritch, including a new release as his alter ego, Vieo Abiungo.‘The Letdown’ is a record better identified by the vibe it creates rather than a particular genre or style. It’s dirty, unapologetically loud and charmingly haphazard. It’s the sort of self-educated, non-jazz record that critics of Moondog would have written off as impure. Frankly, we’re good with that. The strength of the record lies not with any collegiate-level classification, but in its ability conjure moods that just feel good, are instantly familiar and invite a certain nostalgia. The gritty, noir side of it, brings to mind the old black and white detective stories. The jovial, 1920’s romanticism, lends a bit of class and gives the sense that even though everything is falling to shit, we are going to power through it with a bit of song and dance.

Whatever one happens to take away from this album, ‘The Letdown’ is meant to be fun, help the whisky burn just a bit less, and keep the blood flowing. Read into it too much and you might spoil it. Guaranteed it is unlike any Fritch record to date.