ARTiST : Sleeping States
ALBUM : There The Open Spaces
LABEL : Misra
GENRE : Indie
RELEASE : 2007-09-19
STREET : 2007-09-18
ENCODER : LAME v3.97 -V2 --vbr-new
QUALiTY : 136kbps avg / 44.1kHz / Joint Stereo
SiZE : 43.59 MB
PLAYTiME : 00:44:38
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[#] [Track Name] [Time]
1. Rain Check 1:06
2. Rivers 4:50
3. Planning My Escape 2:02
4. The Sleeping States, Or Who Has Been Rocking My Dreamboat? 2:59
5. Come Closer To Me Now 1:50
6. Contact Lunacy 6:03
7. September, Maybe 5:50
8. I Wonder 3:18
9. The Next Step 2:59
10. The Times I Have Fallen For You 0:53
11. Memory Games 9:49
12. Life Vs. Love 2:59
44:38
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Sleeping States is the result of one young man, Markland Starkie, working
in a format he has sincere reservations about working in: ôWhen I started
Sleeping States I gave myself a set of rules becuase I had a real problem
with singer/songwriters. I find the whole thing cheesy beyond belief.ö Markland
told Dazed and Confused. The rules he laid out for himself were simple: no
strummed acoustic guitars and only basic instrumentation. The results, heard here
on There The Open Spaces, are hypnotic and riveting. MarklandÆs voice floats
atop modestly virtuosic noisy guitar work, seeking out the harmonies many
vocalists avoid. Songs come to life before dissolving into quiet noise sections
which still retain a melodic center.
Having grown up learning various instruments and classical music theory, Mr.
Starkie became enamoured with the possibilities of noise in a musical context
and began experimenting in various bands, including noise-pop outfit Kaito
(Mute). After moving to London the subsequent sense of dislocation prompted
Markland to began a series of home recordings of short songs from the heart
that were more minimal in both volume and arrangement, with vocals and
melodies that took more of a central role. Sleeping States was born.
http://www.misrarecords.com