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ARTIST..: Horsebeach
ALBUM...: Beauty & Sadness
GENRE...: Indie
STYLE...: Indie Rock
YEAR....: 2017
LABEL...: Alone Together
ENCODER.: LAME 3.98.4 -V0 TRACKS..: 10
BITRATE.: 248 kbps avg SOURCE..: CD
QUALITY.: 44.1kHz/Stereo SIZE....: 66.38 MB
URL..: http://https://www.facebook.com/horsebeachband/
- TRACKLIST
1 Theme For Beauty 2:47
2 Alone 4:21
3 The Highest Place 4:52
4 How Far Must We Go? 4:27
5 Breeze 3:17
6 Theme For Sadness 1:52
7 Beauty & Sadness 5:09
8 My Heart Longs For You, Pizza 3:33
9 Emilia 2:34
10 I Must Work & I Must Die 3:39
Total Playtime: 36:31
Horsebeach is the Manchester-based project masterminded by
multi-instrumentalist and producer Ryan Kennedy. Two years on from the
chiming majesty of II, he returns with Beauty And Sadness - ten rain-soaked
vignettes touching on love, loss, regret and remorse. Conceptual,
confessional and boldly melodic, itÆs a deeply textured LP fusing the
familiar C86 jangle with chirping synths, grooving rhythms and expansive
ambience whilst meditating on break ups and fuck ups with striking lyrical
honesty.
Melancholic, but never miserable, Beauty And Sadness is a celebration in the
exquisite pain of longing. Named after Yasunari Kawabata's 1964 novel of the
same name û a book which helped Kennedy through a difficult breakup û the
source of the albumÆs title gives a clue as to what lies within, as Ryan
explains; ôIt's about regret and an overlaying sense of loss but also a
realisation of the beauty of starting again. I found some beauty in sadness,
as it forced me to re-evaluate everything.ö
Although the sound may be a departure from Horsebeach's norm, the recording
process remains the same with Kennedy overseeing all aspects of production.
Taking full control of his melodic output, Beauty And Sadness is the third
record to be released on HorsebeachÆs own Alone Together imprint.
Drawing on inspiration from either side of the Atlantic, both new and old,
Horsebeach's music retains a certain appreciation to classic British guitar
bands - The Smiths, Felt and groups from the C86 era are all indebted here.
But Kennedy gives it a unique twist by delving into ambient electronics
inspired by the likes of William Basinski and Jefre Cantu-Ledesma. From the
albumÆs dream-like intro - soft with velveteen pads and the delicate
romanticism from a speech sample of Japanese author, Yukio Mishima - hazy
synths give way to propulsive percussion, rippling guitars and soaring chord
progressions as the bandÆs bittersweet signature sound evolves with newfound
poise and purpose.
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