Bastien Keb – 22.02.85

22.02.85 is the new album from Bastien Keb. Initially conceived as a concept album about a stripper lost in the city (like a straight-to-video follow-up to Showgirls), '22.02.85' has a distinctly nocturnal edge to it. The city at night, lost in a crowd, abandoned petrol stations, empty kebab shops, broken florescent lights. Like a half-forgotten dream, familiar yet unnerving. He says all the songs are all about girls apart from two about a big lug. You may catch a phrase here and there but the context is all in the feel: There's a melancholy edge, but I don't wanna depress people. Sad but hopeful? If that's possible.

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Tracklist

Side A

1A Intro (2:06)
2A Pick Up (3:36)
3A Cashmere (4:18)
4A My Lovely (1:46)
5A The Lug (1:51)
6A Night Hustle (3:16)
7A Rare Fit (1:40)
8A Fit Rare (feat Cappo) (4:58)

Side B

1B Glue (The End) (2:01)
2B Nocturnal/Midnight Shift (Serious Thumb) (3:21)
3B Town (4:07)
4B Yela (3:42)
5B The Cut (1:33)
6B Glue (Daydream) (0:53)
7B Younger (4:32)
8B Crumbs (1:38)