Artist.......: Endless Blue
Album........: Smoke Through it
Label........: n/a
Genre........: Trip-Hop
Catnr........: n/a
source.......: CDDA
rip.date.....: Oct-28-2005
str.date.....: XXX-XX-2005
quality......: VBR/44.1Hz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: http://www.endlessbluemusic.com
track title time
01. Stranger 04:14
02. Goodbye 04:36
03. The Feeling 05:23
04. Just Tell Me 03:45
05. Low 05:05
06. Undone 05:10
07. Rainy Eyes 04:09
08. Forever 04:05
09. Break 05:43
10. History 04:11
11. Fever 03:27
Runtime 49:48 min
Size 72,6 MB
Release Notes:
"Smoke Through It", the second album by Milwaukee
trip-hop duo Endless Blue, takes the Bristol sound
of the early nineties and spins it off in a new
direction.
Refining the tone established in their self-titled
release, producer Nick Mitchell begins to infuse
the fruits of other genres into trip-hop's
signature lo-fi beats, vintage synths, and jazzy
bass. From the synthpop-laced chorus of "Stranger"
to the industrialized "Break" to the tremolo twang
of "Undone", each song on "Smoke Through It"
presents a collage of sounds and tones encased in
sharp and approachable songwriting.
Tying it all together are the vocal stylings of
Laura Hillman, an artist that seamlessly blends
numerous eras of vocalists into a single voice.
Drawing from the torch singers of the '40s, the
classic female rockers, and the modern trip-hop
singers, Hillman weaves a masterful tapestry that
complements each song uniquely.
Mitchell and Hillman originally met in the
electro-rock band STATE4 in 2001 and have been
working together ever since. Founded in 2003 in
Minneapolis, Minnesota, Endless Blue grew out of
the duo's desire to do something a bit mellower and
a bit more in the vein of some of their favorite
artists -- namely Portishead, Massive Attack, and
Hooverphonic. Working with newcomer vocalist Amanda
Oechsle, Endless Blue released their first album in
the spring of 2004, and supported it with a short
US tour and numerous regional shows around the
Midwest. After moving to Milwaukee in early 2005,
Mitchell and Hillman started work on "Smoke Through
It" almost immediately, and wrapped production
after about six months.