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Artist......: Orlando Weeks
Album.......: A Quickening
Label.......: PIAS
Genre.......: Indie
Catnr.......: PIASR1165CD
Source......: CD
Rip.date....: 2020-06-16
Str.date....: 2020-06-12
Quality.....: 726 kbps avg / 44.1kHz / 2 channels
Url.........: http://www.orlandoweeks.co.uk/
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1. Milk Breath 3:17
2. Blood Sugar 3:35
3. Safe In Sound 4:25
4. St. Thomas' 3:17
5. Takes A Village 3:44
6. Moon's Opera 3:06
7. All The Things 3:49
8. Blame Or Love Or Nothing 3:08
9. None Too Tough 3:35
10. Summer Clothes 3:59
11. Dream 2:57
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\ / ________ Runtime 38:52
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,: Being one of the most recognisable and important voices of indie :,
: since the early part of the century, youÆd be forgiven for :
:' imagining what shape a solo Orlando Weeks record would take. ':
,: :,
: Thankfully he takes this opportunity to not relive past glories :
:' and better yet, move forward to a mature place where new sounds ':
,: are to be discovered and heard. There are however, some :,
: noticeable similarities between A Quickening and The MaccabeesÆ :
:' 2012 record Given To The Wild, but only in that sounds like a ':
,: lush amalgamation of things youÆve heard before, but also that :,
: it is forging its own path where genre is concerned. :
:' ':
,: Maybe surprisingly to some A Quickening carries no stand out :,
: single. This breeds comparisons to the latest Monkeys album, but :
:' what the album is in-fact, is a beautiful collection of songs ':
,: that tell the tale of a witness statement of love, anticipation, :,
: apprehension and even at times, helplessness that is being an :
:' expectant father. The responsibilities, the emotions, the ':
,: worries that come into play as he is present, yet also removed :,
: from the situation. :
:' ':
,: We begin a month out from the due date. ôMilk Breathö dissects :,
: that apprehensive eagerness to welcome a child into the world. :
:' Weeks announces: ôYouÆre a beginner / IÆm a beginner tooö as ':
,: trumpets glide on the glaciers of the tracks midriff. Before :,
: WeeksÆ staple vocal descends into a crescendo. As ôBlood Sugarö :
:' comes in there is talk of bellyaching and hearing those first ':
,: cries and what you signed up for. The magnificence of life :,
: engrained in limited sounds that take on so much meaning. :
:' ':
,: ôSafe In Soundö is a track that is seemingly always at a growing :,
: canter. There is a Postal Service-esque vocal melody that :
:' underpins the tracks roots. Lyrically it takes on that ':
,: aforementioned passive position of the father to only admire and :,
: be at awe the mothers power and the beauty of a new-born. ôAnd I :
:' picture you with flowers / Sleeping on a name / I would wait ':
,: forever / To hear that sound you'll make. ö A merry go round of :,
: sounds grow and grow until a summit is reached. From there a :
:' splendid view of flickering Bonnie Prince Billy electronics ':
,: that neighbour a bright guitar line that feeds you the right :,
: spoonful for the tracks end. :
:' ':
,: ôSt ThomasÆ is a highlight. It features bright Eno-esque :,
: production and wonderful cooing vocals and thereÆs even some :
:' neo-soul engrained within its foundations. While ôTakes A ':
,: Villageö centres around London and a first trip for father and :,
: son. ôAnything you want come get me / Baby wants the light of :
:' the city / ItÆs better if youÆre always with meö sings Weeks ':
,: over a continuous tinkling piano that dwells within a beehive of :,
: reverb. :
:' ':
,: ôMoonÆs Operaö comes across as a Kooky 50s love song that youÆd :,
: find on the soundtrack of a romantic film. It could soundtrack a :
:' starlet of the screen captured in super-8 on a balcony calling ':
,: out to the moonÆs fantasia as it dictates the waves below. As it :,
: turns out, itÆs actually an ode to drawings that Weeks sketched :
:' of expeditions of space for his wife and himself with his child ':
,: entangled in her hair. The song ends just as quickly as it :,
: begins. :
:' ':
,: As the album reaches its final stretch arguably the most indie :,
: track of the record rears its head. ôAll The Thingsö - a wonky :
:' indie track with woodwind sounds and an almost melancholy ':
,: trumpet that toots throughout û would sit perfectly in the third :,
: act of a play. Musically it would work perfectly in a travelling :
:' scene in a performance. Speaking of journeys ,ôNone Too Toughö ':
,: sees a dreamlike backdrop where Weeks drives a flying carpet :,
: over the Egyptian night. ôSummer Clothesö is a recital of love :
:' and humour in equal measure that takes place over an evocative ':
,: piano and Weeks' falsetto. Expect the music over the next viral :,
: banking advert. :
:' ':
,: A record full of handsome brass parading around an etch a sketch :,
: of ever changing life and love, Weeks holds the frame and with :
:' each listen you hear something you didnÆt the previous time. A ':
,: Quickening is your own bundle of joy you can love time and :,
: again, minus the diaper changes. :
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