This was recently recommended to me by a friend. First released in 2008.
Sia Furler, Australian queen of post-trip hop jazzy soul must be kicking herself. Having forged a mighty reputation with both her work with coffee table after-clubbers, Zero 7 and her five solo albums, she wakes up one day to find the market flooded with other women keen to pocket the slurry-voiced end of the market. This album should easily see off such pretenders.
The fact remains that Sia was there first, and her maturity and experience makes her voice a much more convincing tool. Some People Have Real Problems is both packed with beautifully lazy, melancholic tunes and delivered with a production job that highlights the best aspects of her voice. This is helped by the presence of some of Beck's band, as well as the boy himself on backing vocals
Hopefully enough people can fight past the childlike visuals (recently coined as 'tweetronising' by the Guardian's Charlie Brooker) that seem to be so essential for marketing anything to a thirty-something audience these days. For at the heart of Some People Have Real Problems is a grown-up and brave album of jazz pop. It deserves your attention.
This has been off the iPod for a while, nice to hear it again.
I listened to that electroacoustic track 1 yesterday, quite remarkable. Can it really be 1937? Not sure I have heard a more emotional piece of "electronic" music.
"The 1999 album made in Athens, Greece shortly after I moved here and one month after the death of my wife of 18 years, JJ La Rue. This record includes many songs written during the 90's in Belgium and is very intense and emotional in nature.
The record was co-produced by Athens' own Coti K., who later worked with Tuxedomoon all through the early 2000's and features guests Nikos Veliotis on cello and famed Greek saxophonist Floris Floridis. There is also one strange co-composition by eccentric Greek composer and singer Lena Platanos."
Time was, forty plus years ago, when I virtually wore out my LP of this. I've got rid of most of my LPs now but kept this one, even though I have nothing to play it on!¬
Still catching up on my hipster recent releases. Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues. Link goes to free track at Amazon. Very retro, "The Plains / Bitter Dancer" has a real 1970 vibe. [edit: not ten minutes after I wrote this, I got a re-tweet from Relevant Magazine saying that Fleet Foxes are time travelers from the 1970's. Check out the video for Grown Ocean. PsychPop from 1972.]
@Greg - There were a few "sample" Civil Wars tracks, seems like I read a Paste pre-release review of the album. They strike me as a Nickel Creek, without the mandolin, and a bit more mature.
One of y'all had to go and point out that the Basement Tapes was on sale for $7.99, so I had to re-up at emu for 12 bucks, and then I was left with the question of what is available for $4? Well, this is.
Listening to the Deluxe Edition. I'm a latecomer to the party - although I've listened a bit now and then since I downloaded several Cockburn albums (I think in the Amiestreet days?), I'm really just now discovering the true genius of Cockburn.
Comments
- CD 1 - Messiaen - Oraison - 1937 - For Ondes Martenot (track 1) is just out of this world !
- BTW, I've added a rather large cover to the Ubuweb Goodies post.
This was recently recommended to me by a friend. First released in 2008.
This has been off the iPod for a while, nice to hear it again.
I listened to that electroacoustic track 1 yesterday, quite remarkable. Can it really be 1937? Not sure I have heard a more emotional piece of "electronic" music.
- Blaine is such a wonderful musician . . .
Time was, forty plus years ago, when I virtually wore out my LP of this. I've got rid of most of my LPs now but kept this one, even though I have nothing to play it on!¬
Thanks for posting this in the free stuff thread, BN!
Craig
- Five star stuff !
On that 40 rooms comp, I count 39 little squares, and one empty spot, which I guess must be the 40th room. Be honest, who else just had to count?
Maander by Kammerflimmer Kollektief
Pruitt Igoe by Kangding Ray
Fabulous. Propulsive, pulsating, precise.
The Civil Wars - Barton Hollow, still $3.99 at Amazon. Very nice, quiet, folk/pop.
They've done a great job with the remaster/re-release of these albums so far.
Thanks Plong42 - I'd not heard of them
Sewn by Mountains
More beautiful than I remembered.
Still catching up on my hipster recent releases. Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues. Link goes to free track at Amazon. Very retro, "The Plains / Bitter Dancer" has a real 1970 vibe. [edit: not ten minutes after I wrote this, I got a re-tweet from Relevant Magazine saying that Fleet Foxes are time travelers from the 1970's. Check out the video for Grown Ocean. PsychPop from 1972.]
@Greg - There were a few "sample" Civil Wars tracks, seems like I read a Paste pre-release review of the album. They strike me as a Nickel Creek, without the mandolin, and a bit more mature.
See free stuff thread.
One of y'all had to go and point out that the Basement Tapes was on sale for $7.99, so I had to re-up at emu for 12 bucks, and then I was left with the question of what is available for $4? Well, this is.
Hidden and Tied by Philip Sulidae
Thanks, Brigternow
- Bedroom Community 2007.
RIP
Craig
Listening to the Deluxe Edition. I'm a latecomer to the party - although I've listened a bit now and then since I downloaded several Cockburn albums (I think in the Amiestreet days?), I'm really just now discovering the true genius of Cockburn.