Artist.......: M·m
Album........: Peel Session
Label........: Fat Cat
Genre........: Indie
Catnr........: CDFAT057
source.......: CDDA
rip.date.....: nov-02-2006
str.date.....: dec-04-2006
quality......: VBR/44,1Hz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: http://www.randomsummer.com/
track title time
01. scratched bicycle , smell memory 05:24
02. awake on a train 07:58
03. now there is that fear again 03:57
04. the ballad of the broken string 03:56
Runtime 21:15 min
Size 32,4 MB
Release Notes:
December 4th sees the long-awaited release of m·mÆs
only ever Peel session, recorded at Maida Vale
Studios in 2002 for BBC Radio OneÆs infamous,
revered, and fondly remembered John Peel show. The
four tracks here (five if you include the
amalgamation of the two songs on the opening track)
are significantly different versions of songs that
will be familiar to fans, yet fresh enough to
warrant a widespread release of what amounts to a
batch of stand-alone recordings by a young band at
a creative peak. Before their line-up changed,
before others tried to copy their sound, before
anyone from America ever went to the Airwaves
Festival, this is a document of a time we hold dear
to our hearts.
Bridging the gap between their universally
acclaimed debut æYesterday Was Dramatic û Today Is
OKÆ, and their more expansive, sonically detailed
follow up æFinally We Are No OneÆ, these tracks
represent m·m in transition from the warm naivety
of æYesterdayàÆ to a more sonically detailed
approach, more commonly associated with their
recent or current output. Curiously, itÆs also a
significant precursor to the bands new material, to
be released Spring 2007, in tone if not execution.
The band are now an expansive collective, blurring
the distinction between live band and electronica.
Renowned for purveying an otherworldly, almost
magical aura, m·m manage to make experimental music
thatÆs naturally, effortlessly imbued with a pop
sensibility. Their sound is warm, gorgeously rich
and melodic. Using an array of instruments
(guitars, bass, drums, synths, laptops, cello,
accordion, mutated brass, and musical saws to name
a few) alongside crisply programmed electronic
washes, beats and bleeps - their musical talent,
whatever direction they choose to take, is
immediately audible.