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| Artist : Josh Mease |
| Album : Wilderness |
| Bitrate : VBR kbps |
| Label : Frog Stand |
| Year : 2009 |
| Genre : Indie |
| Rip date : Oct-24-2009 |
| Store date : Jul-21-2009 |
| Size : 49,1 MB |
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|Track Listing: |
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| 01 - You Found Me 03:33 |
| 02 - Days Like This 03:32 |
| 03 - Neon Ghost 04:11 |
| 04 - White Diamonds 03:26 |
| 05 - Mirrors 03:24 |
| 06 - Eleanor 02:52 |
| 07 - On And On 03:44 |
| 08 - I See You feat. Jess Martins 03:53 |
| 09 - Pick You Up 03:26 |
| 10 - Tall Trees 03:14 |
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| 35:15 min |
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| Josh Mease, originally from Houston, Texas, lives in Brooklyn, where he |
| can often be found exploring the abandoned corners of the city, finding |
| peaceful solace in cemeteries, empty swimming pools, and abandoned |
| waterfronts. His debut LP, Wilderness, is the result of these |
| wanderings. It was patched together from various recording sessions in |
| Texas, Connecticut and most notably the closet of his Brooklyn |
| apartment, where neighbors loud parties, clanking pipes, and the sound |
| of traffic on the BQE were par for the course. But even amidst the |
| constant noise and distraction just outside his window, Josh Mease has |
| found a space inside his music to daydream. Hes found a safe haven in |
| his own imagination, and luckily Wilderness takes us all there with him. |
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| Besides a trip down to Denton, Texas with bandmates Bill Campbell and |
| Alan Hampton to pitch in basic drums and bass, Mease also took a trip to |
| New Haven for a few weekends to record in a top floor (and possibly |
| haunted) attic studio. Besides this out of town tracking, the songs Days |
| Like This, Neon Ghosts, Eleanor, and White Diamonds were all bedroom |
| recordings top to bottom. The result is layer after layer of quiet yet |
| lush and poignant melodies that really make Wilderness the gem that it |
| is. |
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| Wilderness is a testament to Joshs mind for fantasies. Each song evokes |
| a scene from an imaginary world. The album takes us from the front porch |
| summer swing sing-along Days Like This to the day-glo world of White |
| Diamonds and ends with the ambient and beautifully strange Tall Trees.ö |
| Mease also shows a talent for love songs. I See You, a duet featuring |
| Jess Martins (Via Audio), is a lovely campfire stargazer about finding |
| your other half - and Eleanor evokes silent movie imagery from the past. |
| The topics of each song are diverse, but the theme remains that world of |
| Meases mind where the music and listener are safe from the daily hustle. |
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