Artist : Siskiyou
Title : Siskiyou
Genre : Folk
Year : 2010
Date : 01/2011
Bitrate : VBR kbps
Tracks : 12
Label : Constellation
Source : CDDA
Encoder : Lame 3.97
Length : 33:22 min
Size : 41,9 MB
Tracklist:
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01.Funeral Song 02:55
02.Everything I Have 02:00
03.Hold It In 03:04
04.Pull It Away 03:26
05.It's All Going To End 01:51
06.Useless Anymore 00:48
07.This Land 03:37
08.Never Ever Ever Ever Again 03:47
09.Inside Of The Ocean 01:19
10.We All Fall Down 01:05
11.Big Sur 07:40
12.Brevity And Insult 01:50
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33:22 min
Description
Siskiyou is the new group led by former
Great Lake Swimmers member Colin Huebert
in collaboration with Erik Arnesen (who
still plays with the Swimmers). The
group is based in Vancouver, Canada
where Huebert has recently settled after
a stint working on an organic farm
following his departure from the
Swimmers. This is their eponymous debut
album.
Colin sent us a first collection of
songs in early 2010 just as the
bitterest months of Montreal winter were
setting in. Working like glowing embers
on us all season long, gaining warmth
and radiance with every listen, the
humble intimacy and composure of these
recordings steadily drew us into the
deeper tension between economy and
epiphany humming at the core of the
tunes. Emotionally direct, marked by an
underlying darkness and doubt about
relationships (to each other, to the
environment, to mortality) without
overreaching lyrically or musically, and
without overriding the quiet exuberance
embedded in every melody û the songs
compel.
It was no surprise to learn that Huebert
had channeled these songs with immediacy
and austerity, recording dozens of tunes
at home with only voice and guitar,
generally within minutes of their
conception, as an exercise in unmediated
documentation. From this audio
sketchbook, Huebert and Arnesen began
building gently ornate arrangements on
top of various tunes, recording overdubs
in itinerant fashion in hallways,
stairwells, bathrooms and parks
throughout the Vancouver area. Banjo,
piano, accordion and electric guitar
play the lead roles in adorning ColinÆs
initial acoustic guitar sketches. The
resulting collection of songs thrums
with a scrupulous lo-fi backwoods energy
and restraint. The music has been
described as perfectly conjuring the
lush, crisp yet often chilly landscape
of the Pacific Northwest, and we tend to
agree.
We are thrilled to present this first
set of self-recorded, self-produced
songs by Siskiyou û following the
release of their debut free digital
single (a cover of Simon and GarfunkelÆs
ôEl Condor Pasaö) in June 2010.
Release Date: 13 September 2010
(Europe), 7 September 2010 (rest of
world)
Running time: 33:24
Packaging notes
CD comes in a custom gatefold jacket
printed on uncoated textured 100%
recycled paperboard featuring front
cover art by Harvey Pratt and additional
artwork by illustrator Megan Wittenberg.
Deluxe 180gLP comes in a thick 24pt.
paperboard jacket with 10"x10" art print
of the Harvey Pratt cover image and
7"x14" fold-out art/credit insert with
illustrations by Megan Wittenberg (both
printed in Proterra Chalk 100lb. text
paper). Package also includes a limited
edition 11"x22" 3-colour silksceren
poster designed by Wittenberg and
printed on felt-finish olive paper in
white, brown and metallic gold inks. CD
copy included in retail copies of the
LP. Orders in our webshop include MP3
download of the album.
http://cstrecords.com/