a r t i s t : Function
t i t l e : The Secret Miracle Fountain
d a t e : 2006
l a b e l : locust
g e n r e : Indie
r l s. d a t e : Jun/2006
t r a c k s : 16
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 101,10 MB
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"Function's third full-length record is dense, heterogenous
and almost impossibly beautiful." - Dusted
"The Secret Miracle Fountain is a release unlike any other
that will stun, astound and yes, possibly even bring you some
much needed peace in your life, giving a complete air of truth
to the album's title."
---Treblezine
"Although Nicholson managed to hook in many collaborators
wherever he was, the record is reigned in by his overwhelming
compositional talents and production styles. Musically, 'The
Secret Miracle Fountain' is as varied and as intriguing as
where it was recorded - ranging from Wrens-esque classic indie
rock to gorgeous texured ambience, recalling acts such as
Fennesz or Deaf Center with processed guitar and detailed
field recordings. The mixture of styles is a huge bonus here -
with each track playing off the last perfectly, as one more
poppish song draws to a close, the gates are opened for
ambience and experimentalism to creep in and get it's claws
into your skin.The Secret Miracle Fountain is without a doubt
one of the finest releases in Locust's catalogue and is
destined to appear in many a top 10 at the end of the year!"
---Boomkat
"....sweeping, skyward epics, worthy of Olympic closing
ceremonies or peyote snacks by the "fire spot" in the woods."
---Prefix
"...the raw thrashing of rustic instrumentation treads
alongside mercurial, abstract electronics, forging a sublime
juxtaposition."
---Nuemu
"The Secret Miracle Fountain... will absolutely own you on the
first exposure. Matthew Liam Nicholson, welcome to my head -
pardon the mess....An album that spans 3½ years in the making,
a multi-continental endeavor (recordings from Hawaii, Egypt,
Australia, Fiji.. .) - it occurs to me that I could type for
days and come nowhere within the proper realm of "beginnings"
in conveying the white magic function delivers on album."
---Slightly Confusing To a Stranger
"A rippling and tempestuous collection. Ive listened to it
time and time again and have been enraptured by its organic
flow and subversive sounds but it is so mercurial, so
permutable that I cant seem to pin it down....The Secret
Miracle Fountain is a passively thoughtful yet aggressively
experimental album, contradictory in that it's both feral and
utterly modern in its presentation; the power of nature
digitized and the heart of humanity released from its societal
mores, all in one album."
---Kyndmusic
"He's a lyricist of wry wit and rare intellectual cunning, a
poet who disses his subjects with a hearty, Zen-flavored
circumspection. I feel I should point this out, seeing that,
if there's any record fit to draw its listener's attention as
far away from the lyrics as possible, it's probably The Secret
Miracle Fountain. Dig in. Get lost. (I mean that in the most
polite way.) Lord only knows when Nicholson or anyone else
will summon the wherewithal to complete another album this
ambitious and absorbing."
---Flagpole
"...clever ideas like Tunng...big production like Sufjan
Stevens, though the musical aspect is more truly
expiremental...Even the more ambient parts have very alive and
quick evolving patterns, and waves...fits perfectly with the
newest heroes on the edge of the singer/songwriter teritory."
---Psychadelic Folk, Belgium
(http://www.locustmusic.com/function.html)
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01-Beloved, Lost to Begin With [03:53]
02-The Red Hook Overview [07:46]
03-Prayer in the Tonal Forest [04:21]
04-Unshaken (Positively Implacable) [07:58]
05-The Wind Itself [04:00]
06-Shards [02:56]
07-Mad Light Obviating Things (Pt I) [01:02]
08-Alone With The Real Magic Dragon (Hanalei) [07:45]
09-Tiger Cub Samurai [02:27]
10-City River Rock [03:20]
11-New Music for Bowed Animals [08:16]
12-Electric Outcome [04:01]
13-The Broken Shaman [03:29]
14-Sinai (Freedom Doesnt Care What I Do) [05:28]
15-Mad Light Obviating Things (Pt II) [02:01]
16-Thunders Freshwater Tears [04:21]
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73:04 min