artist : VA
title : Explorer's Club: 8. Reykjavik-Dublin
label : Loaf
cat# : LOAF36D8
genre : Folk
street date : 2010-08-16
tracks : 2
bitrate : 320 kbps avg. 44.1/Joint Stereo
size : 14.50 mb
source : WEB (MP3)
type : Retail
url : http://bleep.com
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The standard of this Explorer's Club series has been all-but impeccable,
and the eighth installment preserves that quality thanks to a beautiful
acoustic recording from The Sleeping Years and an entry from Manchester
multi-instrumentalists Homelife. Covering The Go-Betweens, The Sleeping
Years tackle 'Cattle And Cane' with a simple and stripped back arrangement
that swells in all the right places to imbue the piece with a wonderful
sense of emotive punctuation. The bass drops late on in the recording for
maximum impact, embracing beautiful cello strokes and a gradual swelling
of drums. On 'Old Atlas', Homelife weave an intricately layered, junkshop
take on Afropop, lending a slightly spooky, wistful quality as they go.
It's all incredibly lovely and should, by rights, go on for at least twice
as long.
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01 The Sleeping Years - Cattle and Cane (The Go-Betweens Cover) 3:12
02 Homelife - Old Atlas 3:07
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