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ARTiST....: swan lake
TiTLE.....: beast moans
LABEL.....: Jagjaguwar
GENRE.....: indie
SOURCE....: cdda
QUALiTY...: VBR / joint-stereo
SiZE......: 58,10 MB
REL.DATE..: 10-29-2006
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01] widow's walk 03:40
02] nubile days 02:10
03] city calls 04:45
04] a venue called rubella 04:20
05] all fires 03:14
06] the partisan but he's got to know 04:40
07] the freedom 03:00
08] petersburg, liberty theaten 1914 03:32
09] the pollenated girls 03:10
10] bluebird 03:10
11] pleasure vessels 02:19
12] are you swimming in her pools? 04:20
13] shooting rockets 06:20
TOTAL TiME : 48:40 min
Swan Lake is the new band featuring Daniel Bejar
(Destroyer, New Pornographers), Spencer Krug (Wolf
Parade, Sunset Rubdown) and Carey Mercer (Frog
Eyes, Blue Pine).
Beast Moans is their debut record featuring, among
other things, beast moans, starling voices, cobra
hi hats and arpeggiating pianos. The songs are
great weaves, showcasing the famous and very
distinctive songwriting styles of Bejar, Krug and
Mercer. The sum is definitely greater than the
parts, and at distinct points on the record a new
"combined" style emerges that throws whole heaps
of magic into the air, sounding like nothing else.
When the three "come together" (as if stuck in a
sea-storm, in a sinking boat, forced to bail
together), we first glean some grudging
camaraderie. But, like rugged individualists after
the storm, parting at dry crossroads, their work
on Beast Moans can still be the sounds of each
individual muttering under his breath, and not the
chorus of exclamation and supplication to the
raging maelstrom that is the hallmark of
"collaboration". It's good either way.
Beast Moans was recorded in a summer cottage town
in Canada, and in Victoria, in a house where Krug
and Mercer are familiar with and Bejar feels
comfortable enough. It was "self-produced."
Buy me if you love me :)