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‘Grown-ass men cry in our arms!’ The political, powerful music of soul band Durand Jones and the Indications
Equally at ease with making sex-playlist jams and socially conscious songs, the revered group are fretting about fascism – but are determined to find common ground for Americans
Photograph: Alicia Canter/The GuardianFrazer also got candid for his second solo album, last year’s Into the Blue, mining heartbreak, grief and loneliness in the aftermath of a breakup and relocation to LA. Released in 2019, a year before George Floyd’s murder and the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement, it was prescient and politically charged, examining the fractures in American society and the crisis in racial equality. Photograph: Elan WatsonA source of power for him and Frazer in the face of such polarised times is the number of fans who have approached them to tell him how the Indications’ music has changed their lives.
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