- Release Info -------------------------------------------------------------- -
Artist: Whisperlights
Album: Surfaces
Label: Have Not Records
Playtime: 45:09 min
Genre: Indie
URL: http://www.havenotrecords.com
Rip date: 2011-10-05
Street date: 2011-09-28
Size: 87.11 MB
Type: Normal
Quality: 257 kbps / 4410Hz / Joint Stereo
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Sunbaked, Phoenix, AZ, septet Whisperlights clearly draws as much inspiration
from geography as from etymology on the bandÆs full-length debut, Surfaces.
The seven members trade off songwriting and singing duties (so good luck
determines who sings what), and conjure up a shimmering strip of Arizona
desert highway throughout SurfacesÆ ten tracks. Opener ôDitch the Watchö is
all clean sounding and bighearted, and more than a little indebted to acts
like Broken Social Scene, the Stills and stellastarr*. With a few Beulah-esque
horns thrown in for good measure, it sets the tempo, and from there the songs
either wash over you, like the swirling ôTurn It Aroundö, or build to an epic
crescendo as on ôLuckyö, ôUlna Habenahaö and the grandiose closing title
track. All these tracks carry a weight far more than the ethereal band name
would suggest. Fortunately, the band shares a sonic vision; only the
cluttered, too-wordy ôReceiverö feels Frankensteined together by too many
cooks (to mix two clumsy phrases myself). Layered and confident, if a shade
oblique, Surfaces runs deep.
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01. Ditch The Watch ( 3:18)
02. Great Escape ( 3:17)
03. Castanets ( 3:31)
04. Turn It Around ( 4:05)
05. Lucky ( 5:18)
06. Ulna Habenaha ( 5:00)
07. The Cave ( 4:13)
08. Just Animal ( 5:26)
09. Receiver ( 5:26)
10. Surfaces ( 5:35)
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