a r t i s t : Wilderness
t i t l e : Vessel States
d a t e : 2006
l a b e l : Jagjaguwar
g e n r e : Indie
r l s. d a t e : Mar/2006
t r a c k s : 09
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 58,4 MB
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"Wilderness is an unconventional band from Baltimore,
Maryland, whose apparent musical pedigree stems from the likes
of the Fall, This Heat, Savage Republic, Public Image Limited
and Joy Division -- without sounding like any of them --, and
whose music is every bit as spiritual as it is visceral, as
nuanced as it is overt, and as communal and all-embracing as
it is culturally alienating and nihilistic. Embodied most
recently in their second full-length record called Vessel
States, the music-art of Wilderness attempts to glide above
definitions or categorizations, especially those that are
self-serving or manipulative. Yet the band is fully aware that
striving for this kind of purity is most likely futile. Every
human expression builds on or is connected to previous
expressions, and the music of Wilderness will be packaged,
commodified and connected to other forms of things beyond
their understanding or control. This tension between the
intended and the actual, and the awareness that this tension
exists, may best sum up what Wilderness is all about.
Their self-titled debut record from last year was an
underground hit, recognized by many noteworthy critics and
publications as one of the best records of the year. "What
Wilderness really seem to signify -- and what makes them
important -- is a shift back towards the more cerebral end of
the rock spectrum," writes Pitchfork's Ryan Schreiber. "In an
environment that's reveled so long in the comfortability of
tradition and flavor-of-the-month transitiveness, this kind of
substantive art-rock is ripe for exploration. If Wilderness
aren't quite kings of the mountain yet, it might just be that
few others have yet traversed their fertile domain."
And with Vessel States, this latest record of theirs,
Wilderness are definitely continuing their journey up and
through the challenged landscape. In their own words: {--a new
set of music--} The psychic parameters have fallen off in an
attempt at immediacy... a snow storm in the sure footed as a
direct result of categorization... yearning to communicate has
yielded psychic flares bounced from the bedframes, responding
is silence... this is our collective strength to cover our
heads with the music... play the fool, try to heal, be wary of
the clever... vessel states...
The four human beings that comprise Wilderness have been
making art and music, living and travelling together for over
11 years. They live and work in Baltimore, USA. Vessel States
was recorded, mixed and mastered in the fall of 2005, by Chad
Clark and T.J. Lipple at Silver Sonya in Arlington, Virginia."
(http://www.jagjaguwar.com/onesheet.php?cat=JAG093)
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01-The Blood on the Wall [04:43]
02-Beautiful Alarms [04:58]
03-Emergency [04:58]
04-Last [05:14]
05-Fever Pitch [05:44]
06-Death Verses [02:46]
07-Towered [01:00]
08-Gravity Bent Light [06:56]
09-Monumental [03:42]
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