a r t i s t : Nick Grey & The Random Orchestra
t i t l e : Spin Vows Under Arch
d a t e : 2008
l a b e l : Beta-lactam Ring (mt184)
g e n r e : Indie
r l s. d a t e : Oct/2008
t r a c k s : 09
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 70,6 MB
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First ed. of 500 numbered copies in a full color book bound CD
case and full color booklet. The opening growl is so like a
stomache churn that an immediate restart was needed to ensure
that the noise was not physiological. And thus unfolds the
bizarre tonal kerchief of Nick Grey. A great host of talent
was enlisted to complete this project including: Charlemagne
Palestine, Martyn Bates, Jean Marie Mathoul, Jessica Constable
et al. Fortunately, Nick sidesteps the pitfalls of a multi-
vocalist endeavor by sewing the various excursions together to
form a united whole. The low spark of fuzzed guitars, married
with ecumenical drones, navigates haloed ports, each guarded
by its own siren song. Beautiful, subdued vocal performances
(some spoken) add colour to the clouds, as do the well drawn-
out spaces in between the voices. This method of carving space
has a relative in Cindytalk, vis a vis the patient
accumulation of sound traveling like a carefully paced
brooding force; un-tethered and given emotional exclamation at
cardinal points throughout the album. By the mid section when
Martyn Batesüf soulful charms are brought to the breach, Spin
Vowüfs quiet momentum is unstoppable and seeps in like rain
water to hungry soil. There is also a playful Derek Jarman-
ness when the recordings intentionally seem a little raw (and
with the slight tug at the curtain offered by some well placed
drops of studio banter). Sometimes voices really DO carry.
http://www.blrrecords.com/prod/1903/spin_vows_under_arch.html
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01-King Flood (The Slide) [09:08]
02-Miller, 1918 [05:21]
03-Your Greatest Hunger [03:59]
04-Black Paper, Mountain [06:21]
05-Couvre-Feu [04:34]
06-Italian Cities Fight Smog [04:10]
07-La Zone Battue [05:04]
08-Setting Expectations [08:51]
09-Porno Drone [09:09]
(evil spiders have put a curse on our garden)
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56:37 min