<p>Detroit band Legume floats through rocky waters of duality on their debut album Pylon. Bandleader Liam McNitt crafts tunes that broadcast from deep streams of consciousness while simultaneously channeling the joys and frustrations of the working class in a way that’s unmistakable. Loose and open production does its best to conceal the technical playing and complex arrangements snuck into these easygoing songs pretending they’re simply drifting by. Lyrical sentiments are crushingly heavy and endlessly playful, psychedelic in ways both sublime and absurd, overtaken by the weight of the world while shrugging it off. Pylon waves to you on your porch while passing by your house on a 40 degree day, quietly dragging a shadow the size of the cosmos behind it. It’s a brilliant work of mercurial songwriting at odds with itself but fully at peace with its own multitudes.</p><p></p>