─ ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─
The Boats - Songs By The Sea
─ ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─
▄ █▄██▀
█▀ ▐██▀▀
█ ▐███▀ ▄
█▌█████████▀
▐████████▀
▀████████▀
█▀████▀
▀▄▀ ███████
▄████████▀
▀████████▄
░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░
░▓▓░░▓▓░▓▓░▓▓░▓▓░░
░▓▓░░▓▓░▓▓▓▓░░░░░░
░▓▓░░▓▓░▓▓▓▓░░▓▓░░
░▓▓▓▓▓▓░▓▓░▓▓░▓▓░░
░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░██
▄████████████████
█████████████████▀
▀▀ █████████▄
▄▄██████████████▀▀
▄████▀▀▄▄▀ ▀
▄▀▀ ▀
─ ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─
Year :: 2004
Label :: Moteer
Cat No :: Moteer003
Genre :: Lo-Fi
Tracks :: 10
Size :: 74 Mb
Source :: CDDA
Bitrate :: VBRKBps
Rel. Date :: 27/09/2004
─ ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─
Reviews:
The music on the debut album by The Boats was written by
The Sea, hence the title ôSongs by The Seaö. Clever huh?
The faces behind the project have a history of
performing in many bands, Hood and The Remote Viewer
being but two fine examples. ThereÆs Craig and Andrew
delicately weaving together these exceptionally moving
pieces, while elaine sings along in a fluttering,
beautifully broken manner. Their music takes in numerous
instruments, from dusty sweeping drums to ageing
accordions, from sterling vintage piano to warm padding
bass, from tapped windblown bells to unconsciously
puffed melodica. Pan over to the other side of the
studio and you discover old bits of malfunctioning
electronic machinery, drum-machines that donÆt quite
work as they should, banks of amnesiac samplers trying
to regain their memories, mixers that have started to
confuse left with right. Songs by The Sea captures that
ageless essence of atmosphere and heartbreak, nostalgia
and inspiration, the sound of slowly fading memory
seeping into and confusing itself with a multicoloured
subconscious. This is music in the finest, unspoken
tradition of lonely seafaring, written from the furthest
depths of the ocean, with whatever instruments just
happen to lie around on deck. A huge recommendation.
[boomkat]
─ ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─
01 Lessley : 05:49
02 Its Not Your Fault (It's How Air Works) : 04:23
03 And There Are Stars That Fell From The Sky : 04:39
04 You Run Circles Around Me : 05:38
05 All Thumbs And Thumbs : 03:57
06 A Volume Of Typefaces : 04:36
07 Names On A Map : 03:31
08 I Only Missed By One Word : 06:38
09 I Ignore All My Friends : 06:06
10 Kind Regards : 09:58
Total : 55:15
─ ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─
UK Independent