Kevin Bronson on May 23rd, 2013

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In a broad view, the music of Seven Saturdays is all about Los Angeles – the emotional and geographical sprawl, the grandeur and the grit, the language the city speaks if you hold still long enough to listen. Native Angeleno and composer Jonathan Haskell embraces it all on “Seven Saturdays” (out next week), a collection of broadly cinematic electronic rock that represents a big step forward from his early excursions in ambient instrumental music. (See 2011’s “The Snowflakes That Hit Us Became Our Stars” for more headphones-worthy tripping.) To realize his new vision, Haskell brought in a staggering list of collaborators and voices, among them: Daniel Farris (St. Vincent), Colin Stetson (Tom Waits, Arcade Fire), Rain Phoenix (Papercranes), Rachel Stolte (Great Northern), Dan Schwartz (Sheryl Crow, Jon Hassell), Jerry Marotta (Peter Gabriel, Hall & Oates), Jim Evens (Helen Stellar), Vanessa Fernandez (Octover), Alex Lilly (Touché), Matt Rollings (Lyle Lovett, Billy Joel), Genevieve Artadi (Pollyn), Jacqueline Santillan (Wait.Think.Fast) and Mike Garson (David Bowie, Smashing Pumpkins). Some of the album’s themes – fear of isolation, the need for human connection, the struggle for identity – get a gripping treatment from director Chad Michael Ward in the video for “One in 3” (featuring Evens on vocals), which stars Daniel Cox and Andrea Margaret.

||| Live: Seven Saturdays play the Silverlake Lounge on May 30.

||| Previously: “One in 3” premiere, “True Romance,” “A Beautiful Day”

||| Also: Get a free download “Make Note of Every Sound” (Sun Airway remix).