Robbie Bennett is stepping out. The War On Drugs keyboardist just announced two new double albums, Steloken and Circulation, and both are landing with early tracks you can hear right now.
The timing is sweet. The War On Drugs feel like they're inching toward the follow-up to 2021's I Don't Live Here Anymore, but details on that record stay locked up tight. So Bennett filling the gap with his own work is a gift. Anyone who sat with the band's lush, synth-soaked sweep on something like "Pain" or the sprawling "Thinking Of A Place" knows he's a huge part of that atmosphere.
Two double albums at once is no small swing. That's a lot of music, a lot of ideas, a stunning amount of ground to cover. The early tracks give you a taste of where his head is at outside the main gig.
Bennett has always been a secret weapon. Now he's the main event, and that's a moment worth tuning in for.