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██ The Zephyrs - A Year to the Day ▀
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██ artist + The Zephyrs
██ title + A Year to the Day
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██ genre + Indie
██ source + Cdda
██ quality + 192kbps / 44,1kHz / Full Stereo
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██ tracks + 10
██ playtime + 41:09 min
██ size + 56,6 MB
██ grabber + Lame-Hq
██ encoder + Eac V0.9 Beta 4
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██ rip date + Jul-30-2003
██ store date + Jul-28-2003
██ label + Setanta Rec.
██ cat-nr + SETCD103
██ url + www.thezephyrs.com / www.setantarecords.com
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██ ripper + Team STAR
██ language + English
██ type + Album
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██ Stuart Nicol: vocals and guitar
██ David Nicol: bass
██ Malcolm Cochrane: lap-steel and pedal-steel guitars
██ Robert Dillam: guitar
██ David Jeans: drums
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██ There was another band called The Zephyrs, once. They were
██ something of a fixture on the Scottish East Coast dance scene,
██ guaranteed to add sparkle and jive to any function. They were
██ named after the Ford Zephyr, or a mysterious breeze, or
██ Zephyrus, Greek god of the western wind, depending on who was
██ asking.
██ One night The Zephyrs pitched up at the social club in Currie,
██ outside Edinburgh, all slicked hair, battered cases and stubby
██ fags. That night the Currie Gala Queen was being crowned; The
██ Zephyrs were the entertainment. By evening's end, after guitars
██ were put away and victory sashes neatly folded, after all that
██ was left on the dancefloor were puddles of ale and a discarded
██ tie, Gala Queen and Slick Singer had fixed up a date. (He
██ probably gave her the Greek God angle.) They would live happily
██ ever after.
██ The band their sons formed 25 years later would also be called
██ The Zephyrs. See, at least here there was good reason to call
██ yourself a 'The' band.
██ Songwriter Stuart Nicol and his brother David have been making
██ music together for ages. They've been together as The Zephyrs
██ for around four years. In that time they have released two
██ albums, a single, an EP (in Spain), lost umpteen band mates, and
██ a label, and a publishing deal. But along the way they found a
██ new home at Setanta and discovered kindred spirits in members of
██ Super Furry Animals and Mogwai. They nearly didn't get here, but
██ get here they have.
██ A Year To The Day, from the title onwards, is compelling
██ evidence that adversity is a right pain in the arse. But that
██ great music can result.
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██ 'Wee prick Sneddon'
██ The record was nearly called Thirteen Months And A Day, a
██ reference to how long it took to make. Then Idle Pop winner
██ David Sneddon called his album something like that. So they had
██ to change it. Given that halfway through recording The Zephyrs
██ all but imploded, in context this wasn't too much of a hassle.
██ But still. Sneddon. What a wee prick.
██ The Zephyrs first album, 1999's It's OK Not To Say Anything, was
██ limited to 700 copies and came out on a tiny Edinburgh indie
██ label. In 2000, friends Mogwai signed them to the Glasgow band's
██ Rock Action imprint, which in turn released their records
██ through new label Southpaw. In 2001, The Zephyrs released their
██ album When The Sky Comes Down It Comes Down On Your Head. The
██ title was appropriately doomy. Not because of the songs, which
██ were glorious, sweeping, orchestral indie-rock and occasionally
██ sounded a bit like This Mortal Coil, but because Southpaw went
██ tits-up the week the album came out. A related publishing deal
██ evaporated. The plug was pulled on all promotion and tour
██ support. Which was a shame, because The Zephyrs were great at
██ the Reading Festival that year. They'd just started to reap the
██ rewards of the album's good reviews, in Europe and Japan, when
██ they had to call a halt and go back to the dayjobs.
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██ The Incomplete Stone Roses
██ But the Nicols were determined to keep on keepin' on. In early
██ 2002 they began work on a new album. But by now the band, which
██ had ballooned into an unwieldy eight-piece with the addition of
██ violin and cello, was getting a bit niggly. People fell out,
██ then fell in, then fell apart.
██ A Spanish label, Acuarela, had loved When The Skyα Last spring
██ they invited (what was left of) the band to play a festival in
██ Barcelona. In June Acuarela released an EP, The Love That Will
██ Guide You Back Home. In November, the Madrid-based label
██ arranged a two-week Spanish tour for The Zephyrs. Malcolm
██ Cochrane, who had been the original lead guitarist in the band
██ but left after the first album, rejoined for the tour. He
██ brought with him the pedal-steel guitar he'd bought in the
██ interim. David Jeans, an old schoolfriend of the Nicols who had
██ previously drummed for The Complete Stone Roses, also came
██ along. The last piece of the new line-up fell into place with
██ the addition of guitarist Robert Dillam, who used to be in
██ Adorable but is alright now.
██ Around and throughout this Iberian activity, The Zephyrs got on
██ with making their new album. They recorded some stuff in Ca Va
██ in Glasgow. Setanta boss Keith Cullen had been offering ad hoc
██ managerial advice. Impressed with how the new line-up had both
██ settled the band and, on the evidence of the demos, expanded
██ their horizons, he signed them to his label.
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██ Super Furry Laptop Fandango
██ The Zephyrs producer since Day One has been Michael Brennan. He
██ and his dad, Mick, are co-proprietors of Fife's Substation
██ studio. Mick is a sound veteran, having worked with the likes of
██ Seventies Scottish heavy rockers Nazareth; he currently does
██ monitors for Mogwai. Michael is Super Furry Animals' live
██ engineer.
██ Via Michael the Nicols met the Furries' keyboard player and
██ techno wizard Cian Ciaran. He came up to work on the album last
██ summer, to help with programming. But his new laptop didn't work
██ properly. They filled the time by working on 'Go Slow', an album
██ stand-out. It could be a single but perhaps there aren't enough
██ lyrics. But, as Stuart Nicol reasonably points out, it's only
██ meant to have that many lyrics. Anyway, if there were more
██ words, there'd be less room for the four drumkits that are on it
██ (including a pipe band snare drum and Nazareth's giant
██ old-school Ludwig bass drum), the hypnotic guitar refrain and √
██ icing on the cake, this √ the Hammond Organ that hustles in to
██ magical effect. A glorious song that climbs to a thrilling,
██ brass-rich climax, its epic simplicity is testament to the
██ wonders of Cian's wayward Welsh magic.
██ 'Roberta Flack' is another good one. Appearing right at the end
██ of recording, this instrumental is so-called because it reminded
██ Stuart Nicol of the Roberta Flack song in Play Misty For Me. The
██ simple, picked guitar is actually the same lines played four
██ times over. Why? Why not? Then full band, strings and steel come
██ in. It's preceded by 'Empty Eyes', which shows there's life yet
██ on planet post-rock; it's followed by 'A While', which is sheer
██ bloody poetry. On their last album, The Zephyrs had used Sean
██ O'Hagan to arrange their strings; this time, they did it
██ themselves with a couple of local players who manage to coax
██ their instruments (cello and violin) to give up what sound like
██ loops.
██ 'Watercolour' was originally written for an Acuarela compilation
██ ('acuarela' means watercolour) but the band liked it so much
██ they kept it. Buouyed by atmospheric lap- and pedal-steel, it
██ reveals the band's impassioned understanding of the starker,
██ darker end of country music.
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██ There are ten songs on A Year To The Day
██ It begins with the psychedelic overture of 'Lacuna Head', which
██ features Cian Ciaran, a Fender Rhodes and a Tone Generator, last
██ used at Rosyth Dockyards to test the fastness of joints and
██ rivets.
██ In the middle it features the ghostly vocals of Adele Bethel,
██ former Arab Strap associate, on 'Stand Around Hold Hands', and
██ in duet with spectrally-voiced Stuart Nicol on the Gram
██ Parsons/Emmylou Harris-like clip of 'One Year Many Mistakes'.
██ It ends way too soon.
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██ Craig McLean, May 2003
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██ lots of thx fly out to the one who supplied this
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██ 01 Lacuna Head 02:50
██ 02 Go Slow 05:15
██ 03 Washed to the Shore 05:30
██ 04 Empty Eyes 05:47
██ 05 One Year Many Mistakes 04:31
██ 06 A While 03:39
██ 07 Watercolour 02:39
██ 08 Stand Round Hold Hands 04:17
██ 09 Roberta Flack 02:04
██ 10 Dont Say Sorry 04:37
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██ total tracks 10 total time 41:09
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