ARTIST: Ben Weaver
TITLE: Paper Sky
LABEL: Glitterhouse Records
GENRE: Indie
TIME: 47:33 min
SIZE: 55,8 MB
RIP DATE: May-13-2007
RELEASE DATE: Apr-30-2007
WEBSITE: n/a
Track List:
01. Introlude 00:31
02. In November 02:14
03. Wings As Knives 04:13
04. Plastic Bag 04:07
05. Like A Vine After The Sun 03:51
06. The Unelected 03:06
07. Black On Black 03:12
08. Down 25 03:35
09. Surrealism + Blues 04:37
10. Sorrow 04:19
11. Frankie 03:04
12. Geisha 03:32
13. Rain Leaves Smoke 03:19
14. Whatever You Want To Haunt You 03:53
Release Notes:
A former Casket Company warehouse in Minneapolis,
Minnesota is WeaverÆs current world headquarters.
Multitudinous organs, synthesizers, guitars, a
sampler, a piano, a dog, Polaroid cameras, sketch
books, New Yorker back issues, boxes of CDs and a
PowerBook mark the territory. There is an air of
controlled chaos and the musty smell of old tube
amps.
This is where, under the watchful eye of a dog and
perhaps several hundred interred ghosts, WeaverÆs
striking new album, "Paper Sky", took shape. With
the aid of committed producer Brian Deck (Modest
Mouse, Iron & Wine), the record coalesces into a
seamless blend of urban and rural, experimental and
roots. ôThis record explores urban and industrial
themes that I hadnÆt touched before. I have been
living in the city and that has made me see the
relationship between the city and field
differently.ö
Consequently, WeaverÆs interest in experimental and
electronic music steps to the forefront on "Paper
Sky", with crinkly synthesizer textures and other
mutilated sounds mixed beneath beautiful layers of
cello and blasts of processed trumpet. ôDeck exposed
me to the Austrian laptop performer Fennesz. He was
a huge influence for a lot of the sound stage and
static feel of this record. But I was also listening
to a lot of Bill Evans, Glenn Gould, Silver Jewsàö