Starless_And_Bible_Black-Shape_Of_The_Shape-(Static_Caravan)-WEB-2009-BOSS

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|   |  Artist   : Starless And Bible Black                                |   |
|   |  Album    : Shape Of The Shape                                      |   |
|   |  Label    : Static Caravan                     Source : WEB MP3     |   |
|   |  Cat. No. : VAN192                             Size   : 97.83 MB    |   |
|   ª  Genre    : Folk/Rock                          StrDate: 2009-00-00  ª   |
ª   _  Quality  : 320kbps/44.1khz/Joint Stereo       RipDate: 2010-05-01  _   ª
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|   |  Female voice, guitars, synths and rhythm section meld to make      |   |
|   |  dark folk rock with hooks and melodies. Moving on from their       |   |
|   |  well-received eponymous debut, Starless & Bible Black have drawn   |   |
|   |  together the sounds of æ70s Topanga Canyon country-rock, æ80s      |   |
|   |  Mancunian jangle, and space-age psychedelic drones to make this    |   |
|   |  dynamic, warm and woodsy second album. Gone are the dulcimers and  |   |
|   |  banjos of the first record, replaced by an electrifying wall of    |   |
|   |  Telecaster and Moog, and standing in the centre of this bold,      |   |
|   |  widescreen sound resides the earthy and husky voice of HΘlΦne      |   |
|   |  Gautier. Recorded at Bryn Derwen within the wilds of the           |   |
|   |  Snowdonian mountains, and during all night sessions in the         |   |
|   |  relative tranquillity of their local village hall, Shape Of The    |   |
|   |  Shape is an album of contrasting styles, themes and approaches     |   |
|   |  that coheres beautifully into a seamless entity. We get guided     |   |
|   |  through verses and choruses of swamp rock, gothic bluesy chanson   |   |
|   |  and smoky acoustic ballads, as well as a jazz-folk tinged          |   |
|   |  instrumental û after all the band take their name from the         |   |
|   |  classic 1965 Stan Tracey cut û but the apogee of this collection   |   |
|   |  is the driving drone-choral opus, Les Furies - sung in French,     |   |
|   |  this is a very Gallic observation of after hours culture. And      |   |
|   |  while this album traverses all these different styles, the band    |   |
|   |  never deny the importance of a fine tune and a fine song.          |   |
|   |  Starless & Bible Black were formed in Manchester in 2005 when      |   |
|   |  HΘlΦne Gautier, guitarist Peter Philipson and synth man Raz Ullah  |   |
|   |  started performing live together and they were soon joined by      |   |
|   |  Paul Blakesley on double bass and Brian Edwards on drums. Drum     |   |
|   |  duties on recent recordings were performed courtesy of Karl        |   |
|   |  Penney, another friend of the band. Their first record was         |   |
|   |  released in 2006 to unanimous critical acclaim most notably from   |   |
|   |  Pitchfork, Wire, CMJ and The New York Times and a seven-inch       |   |
|   |  single Up With The Orcadian Tide was pressed up in summer 2007.    |   |
|   |  Live shows have included playing alongside Vetiver, James          |   |
|   |  Yorkston, Espers and The Earlies as well as performing at the      |   |
|   |  Green Man and Moseley Folk Festivals. What they said about the     |   |
|   |  first albumà. ôStarless & Bible Black perform each of their        |   |
|   |  stylistic shifts with an effortless agility, resulting in a        |   |
|   |  collection that captivates primarily through its graceful, almost  |   |
|   |  nonchalant simplicityààidiosyncratic electronic drones, tape       |   |
|   |  loops, and samples supply these songs with a crucial undercurrent  |   |
|   |  of drama and dissonanceö Pitchfork ôthey accomplish all this with  |   |
|   |  a firm perception of their own powers, drawing on such varied      |   |
|   |  sources without succumbing to self conscious classicism, and       |   |
|   |  stamping their own personality on their materialö Wire Magazine    |   |
|   |  ôreminds us of darker chanteuses such as Nico or Marianne          |   |
|   |  Faithfullö                                                         |   |
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|   |  Tracklisting:                                                      |   |
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|   |  01. Say Sonny Say                                           4:12   |   |
|   |  02. Your Majesty Man                                        4:20   |   |
|   |  03. Hanging On The Vine                                     6:06   |   |
|   |  04. Radio Blues                                             6:08   |   |
|   |  05. Les Furies                                              9:15   |   |
|   |  06. Country Heir                                            3:06   |   |
|   |  07. Popty Ping                                              3:00   |   |
|   |  08. Year Of Dalmations                                      6:12   |   |
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01-starless_and_bible_black-say_sonny_say.mp39,73 MB
02-starless_and_bible_black-your_majesty_man.mp310,05 MB
03-starless_and_bible_black-hanging_on_the_vine.mp314,07 MB
04-starless_and_bible_black-radio_blues.mp314,17 MB
05-starless_and_bible_black-les_furies.mp321,29 MB
06-starless_and_bible_black-country_heir.mp37,20 MB
07-starless_and_bible_black-popty_ping.mp36,99 MB
08-starless_and_bible_black-year_of_dalmations.mp314,33 MB