{"id":35818,"date":"2025-04-11T14:25:43","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T18:25:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgu.tv\/?p=35818"},"modified":"2025-05-20T00:07:18","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T04:07:18","slug":"ok-go-and-the-adjacent-possible-review-a-decade-in-the-making","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgu.tv\/?p=35818","title":{"rendered":"OK Go and the Adjacent Possible Review – A Decade in the Making"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Thank you to the OK Go PGO for the opportunity to hear and review this album in advance<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What a Good, Good Day at Last<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In the landscape of \u201calternative music,\u201d few artists come to mind as strongly as OK Go. The Chicagoan band, formed in 1998, has a discography of four (now five) albums, ranging from grungy rock vibes to digital, industrial sound, and so far, most things they try are a roaring success. The secret to their process is patience, not only in their music videos – which tend to go viral and always aim to set some unique world record – but also in the way they release new tunes. The most humbling test of patience one could experience was being an OK Go fan for the last decade, as the band has given us a mere handful of new tracks over a debilitating 10-year span.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve been a fairweather fan of OK Go since their second album, having witnessed the famed \u201cTreadmill Dance\u201d video when it first helped shape the internet. However, I did not become a true OK Go stan until 2014\u2019s Hungry Ghosts<\/em> caught my eye, albeit a few years into the break period. I was fortunate enough to catch their Live Video Tour in 2018, and just as I had listened to everything on offer, it felt like the band slipped away into the ether. We got a brief taste of new music during the pandemic, when they released \u201cAll Together Now,\u201d a lockdown anthem I enjoyed more than any other band\u2019s at the time. Now at last, 11 years after the release of Hungry Ghosts<\/em>, the elusive band has returned to grace us with OK Go and the Adjacent Possible<\/em>. This new album serves as a decent return to the sound they\u2019re known for, but also feels inspired by music legends of old, helping OK Go feel fresh once more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Credit: Jam Productions<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The album – which I will lovingly refer to as the Adjacent Possible<\/em> – kicks off with one of the aforementioned industrial bangers, titled \u201cImpulse Purchase.\u201d It rips out the gate so hard, I kind of forgot how much I\u2019d missed OK Go! While it\u2019s the shortest song on the album, it sets the stage well for the display of high\u2019s and low\u2019s we\u2019re about to experience. Going in, I wondered if the Adjacent Possible<\/em> would be some sort of concept album. Stylizing itself as if the band is going on a journey a la the Magical Mystery Tour<\/em>, I figured each song may tell a story, but alas, much of this album covers the standard OK Go fare: love songs and existential, dystopian fever dreams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I mentioned the \u201chigh\u2019s and low\u2019s,\u201d but I don\u2019t necessarily mean that in terms of quality, more in regard to the energy OK Go brings. \u201cImpulse Purchase\u201d obviously starts us on a high note, and for the first few tracks, we continue on this trend. \u201cA Stone Only Rolls Downhill\u201d was the second single from the Adjacent Possible<\/em>, accompanied by another unique music video from the lads, filmed across 64 videos on 64 iPhones. The second music video<\/a> debuted today, showcasing the third track, \u201cLove.\u201d Both of these songs, though vastly different in subject matter, express the \u201calternative\u201d vibe I\u2019d previously mentioned, that OK Go does so well. Something about their tone and the style of groove they emit is so satisfying no matter how hard or soft the structure of a song may be. Even now as I write this, the album is playing in the background and it\u2019s just such a calming ambient noise. The Adjacent Possible<\/em> succeeds in achieving the standard sound of OK Go\u2019s branding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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