a r t i s t : Hrsta
t i t l e : Ghosts Will Come And Kiss Our Eyes
d a t e : 2007
l a b e l : Constellation
c a t : CST048
s o u r c e : CDDA
g e n r e : Folk
r l s. d a t e : Aug/2007
t r a c k s : 09
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 57,7 MB
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Hrsta (her-shta) is the brainchild of founding Godspeed You!
Black Emperor guitarist Mike Moya, who is joined on this third
album (the band's second on Constellation) by Brooke Crouser
(Jackie-O Motherfucker) on organs, guitars and various
effects. Brooke has emerged as the core second member of the
band, joining Mike on live dates since 2006, and contributing
to composition and arrangement on this new record. The
ever-faithful rhythm section of bassist Harris Newman and
drummer Eric Craven provide additional backbone on select
songs.
Ghosts Will Come And Kiss Our Eyes is a collection of
gently foreboding psych-folk, anchored as always by Mike's
unique guitar sound and otherworldly, cracked vocals (think a
sedated Daniel Johnson or Wayne Coyne). With Hammond and pump
organs now featured prominently in the mix, much of the new
material here sits on a thick, saturated foundation of
shifting tones, drones and sustained chordings.
Alternating
between vocal tunes and instrumentals, the album creaks and
cascades through hazed visions of cataclysm and calm, worry
and wonder. "Beau Village", a dirge-like, slow-motion
sea-shanty, offers an unsettled promise of safe harbour -
quickly undermined by "The Orchard", which conjures a
hallucinatory confrontation amidst burning fields. "Haunted
Pluckley" is a twangy, twilight lullaby (the album title is
pulled from this track's lyric), "Hechicero Del Bosque" finds
the full band building to a controlled climax, and a brilliant
Bee Gees cover ("Holiday") closes the album. In between these
singing songs are a clutch of gorgeous instrumentals forged
from Mike and Brooke's guitar and organ interplay.
Superbly
recorded by David Bryant (Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Set
Fire To Flames) at The Pines, his studio-cum-performance space
near the old port in Montreal, Ghosts Will Come... brims with
eerie atmosphere and intimate sonics, and is the most focussed
Hrsta record to date.
Available on CD and 180gLP, as always
in our cardstock packaging, with artwork featuring the
photography of Lea Grahovac.
Release Date: 10 September 2007 (Europe), 25 September 2007
(Rest of World)
Recorded and mixed at The Pines in Montreal by David Bryant.
Mastered at Greymarket in Montreal by Harris Newman.
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01-Entre la mer et l'eau douce [03:51]
02-Beau Village [05:01]
03-The Orchard [04:35]
04-Tomorrow Winter Comes [04:12]
05-Haunted Pluckley [02:52]
06-Hechicero del Bosque [08:42]
07-Saturn Of Chagrin [05:11]
08-Kotori [04:31]
09-Holiday [03:09]
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42:04 min