Death And Vanilla - Flicker
(c) 2023 Fire Records
Artist....: Death And Vanilla
Album.....: Flicker
Source....: LP
Discs.....: 1
Type......: Normal
Tracks....: 9
Genre.....: Electronic
Label.....: Fire Records
Catalogue#: FIRELP629
Encoder...: FLAC 1.3.1
Quality...: 2751kbps / 96.0kHz / 2 channels
URL.......: http://deathandvanillamusic.bandcamp.com/album/flicker
Tracklist:
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A1.Out For Magic 3:04
A2.Baby Snakes 3:39
A3.Find Another Illusion 4:02
A4.Perpetuum Mobile 4:44
A5.Looking Glass 4:18
A6.Mercury's Rising 4:28
A7.Fearless 5:35
A8.Transparent Things 4:44
A9.Perpetuum - Reprise 1:30
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36:04
Total:750.70MB / 36:04
Release Notes:
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Death and Vanilla return with æFlickerÆ, presenting their unique pop music that
defies categorisation. Housed in a beautifully austere post-ironic
de-constructed sleeve; æFlickerÆ is a modern reflection on these difficult
times. World crises notwithstanding, they return reborn, re-arranged and
revitalised after assimilating dub reggae, the motorik spirals of Can, the modal
meander of Philip Glass and The CureÆs dreamier pop sounds; plus the twice
removed symphonic ambience of Spiritualized and Talking Heads under heavy
manners from Brian Eno. By osmosis their period of transition since 2019Æs much
darker æAre You A Dreamer?Æ has hatched new eclectic electronica anthems riddled
with melody lines, and layered for lush love.
Forming in Malm÷, Sweden, Death And Vanilla gravitated towards vintage musical
equipment; from vibraphone, organ and mellotron, to tremolo guitar and Moog
synthesisers. Soaking up soundtracks from the 60s and 70s, listening to library
music, kosmiche, French Ye-ye pop and 60s psych, Marleen Nilsson, Anders Hansson
and Magnus Bodin were fashioned by the cityÆs austere industrial past and flat
pack present, and all in the shadow of the Orsesund Bridge that links their
dreamworld to mainland Europe and a darker reality.
ôDeploying vintage instruments in their quest for melancholic utopia.ö
Electronic Sound
Death And Vanilla at once sound like everything is possible; but nothing else at
all. There is a flicker of hope for everyone.