Artist......: The Innocence Mission
Album.......: Small Planes
Source......: CD
Label.......: What Are Records?
Genre.......: Indie
Tracks......: 11
Bitrate.....: 786 kbps avg
Playtime....: 00:34:30 (208.MB)
Rls date....: 2025-11-27
Store date..: 2001-09-25
Encoder.....: FLAC 1.3.1
Url.........: http://www.theinnocencemission.com/
01 Rooftop 1:57
02 Too Early To Say 3:20
03 Migration 4:14
04 Today 3:40
05 The Girl On My Left 2:21
06 Song About Traveling 3:44
07 Oh Do Not Fly Away 2:48
08 I Left The Grounds 1:15
09 Some Clear Joy Is Coming 3:31
10 Small Planes 4:31
11 I Have Loved You 3:09
Unfortunately for their fans, the Innocence Mission albums are few and far
between. After the critically acclaimed 1995 album Glow, there was a
four-year hiatus and a label switch before Birds of My Neighborhood. The
band was composing a number of songs during that period, however, and Small
Planes issues some of the ones that had been left behind. Albums of this
sort are often full of juvenalia and throwaways, but this collection of
unreleased songs is as good as many bands' major works. Karen Peris' voice
is as ethereal as ever, and the stripped-down, hypnotic accompaniment
conspires to create an introspective mood. Songs like "Migration" document
the melancholy, depressive feelings that the Peris had when they were
trying to conceive a child, while the self-explanatory "Some Clear Joy Is
Coming" is pure innocence and blessedness. Always spiritual, but rarely
preachy, the Innocence Mission have manage to produce another album that is
unique and special, gentle, pure, and precious.