Daily Edit | Sep 23

The title for Brooklyn-based synth pop trio’s Nation of Language‘s new album, Dance Called Memory, their first under Sub Pop, was taken from a verse in Anne Carson’s poetry book The Beauty of the Husband: “Do you see it as a room or a sponge or a careless sleeve wiping out half the blackboard by mistake or a burgundy mark stamped on the bottles of our minds what is the nature of the dance called memory.” Bandleader and multi-instrumentalist Ian Devaney wanted to explore what it meant to confront his uncomfortable, painful memories rooted in grief and transform them into something beautiful. The result is Nation of Language’s most vulnerable record yet, one that plays with the band’s signature synth-focused sound to capture Devaney’s complex emotions. -Paste

9 / 23 / 2025

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