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Artist: Umpire
Album: Now We're Active
Label: Hidden Shoal Recordings
Playtime: 38:17 min
Genre: Indie
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Rip date: 2011-10-05
Street date: 2011-00-00
Size: 72.03 MB
Type: Normal
Quality: 250 kbps / 4410Hz / Joint Stereo
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On Now WeÆre Active, Umpire combine sprawling indie-rock sounds with
reflective melancholy, expertly wielding massive sun-drenched melodies,
serpentine guitar parts and soaring vocals to spectacular effect. From lead
single æGreen Light DistrictÆ through the chiming guitar surge of æThe CanyonÆ
to gorgeous finale æCyclones Into SunshowersÆ, Now WeÆre Active is a stunning
release, as expansive as it is propulsive, as heartbreaking as it is
life-affirming.
Immaculately produced by bassist Simon Struthers at Forensic Audio, the
albumÆs ten tracks bring progressive rock influences, indie-pop sensibilities
and shades of math-rock into explosive collision, then shape them into songs
that are at once epic and intimate. After the last song fades youÆre left with
a lump in your throat and admiration of how UmpireÆs songcraft and sonics are
so consistently elegant, melodic and widescreen. Now WeÆre Active is much more
than a collection of tracks û itÆs an album that blossoms beautifully on
repeat plays.
ôOnce again weÆre blessed with another amazing band brought to us by Hidden
Shoal Recordingsà the single is upbeat and poppy with a chorus that wails,
featuring a guitar line mid-way through the song that would make Sonic Youth
bow their heads. If this track is in any way a sign of things to come, then
rest assured that when the album hits, itÆll leave fans mesmerized.
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01. Green Light District ( 3:57)
02. Supply Chins ( 3:40)
03. Corner An Owl In An Alcove ( 2:42)
04. The Canyon ( 5:19)
05. Jewellery Can Be Disturbing ( 3:26)
06. On The Fringes ( 4:52)
07. Steamers ( 3:31)
08. Milking A Thistle ( 3:03)
09. Spotlights ( 3:15)
10. Cyclones Into Sunshowers ( 4:32)
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