a r t i s t : Benoit Pioulard
t i t l e : Fir
d a t e : 2007
l a b e l : Type Records
c a t : T7PE009
s o u r c e : 7 Inch
g e n r e : Indie
r l s. d a t e : 2007-11-15
t r a c k s : 3
b i t r a t e : 208 kbps avg
s i z e : 12.30MB
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Quality assured with the Type watermark, the latest 7" in their beatific
series comes from Chicago-based Tom Meluch (aka Benoit Pioulard), whose
recent LP 'Precis' helped redefine the boundaries of what could be expected
from those who set about recording music in their bedroom. To cut a long
story short, it was gorgeous. Returning here with a selection of songs that
somehow achieve an even more piquant level of melancholic bliss - Meluch
opens the bidding through the eroded pop song 'Fir' that rasps into life
with wheezing guitars and shuddering percussion, before Meluch's vocals hit
you in the heart through pin-prick emotional intensity. The kind of music
which makes you realise just what a fantastic format 7"s are, 'Fir' is pop
as seen through a summer fog - cloaked in light but masked from the ear,
pulling you ever further in to discover its melodic charms. Turn your vinyl
and you'll be confronted by Meluch's paean to love - wherein the emotion's
capability to turn the most articulate individual into a gibbering fool is
captured to perfection as 'Forming at the Mouth' crumbles like a limestone
edifice into a sea of pure emotion, sticking in the heart and mind long
after the run-out groove is breached. Proper lovely.
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A1-Fir [ 2:44 ]
A2-Sunol [ 1:11 ]
B1-Forming at the Mouth [ 3:48 ]
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07:43 min