Kevin Bronson on April 19th, 2019

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Two months after collecting a Grammy for his album “Colors,” Beck has gotten back to being amazing. Which in this case means releasing a song that sounds as if the past and future are happening in the space of four minutes.

His new single “Saw Lightning” sees the 48-year-old auteur working with co-writer and co-producer Pharrell Williams, who, today’s announcement says, contributes “drums, keyboards and mumbles.” It’s the first single from the album “Hyperspace,” Beck’s 14th, which, to quote the announcement again, will be released “at an as-yet-undetermined point in the space-time continuum.” It sounds nothing like anything on “Colors,” which is no surprise coming from artist whose seems to always work from left field.

Slide guitar, harmonica, a little rap lite and whatever Pharrell is saying … yee-haw, what a good time.

||| Stream: “Saw Lightning”