After a clean of the studio, moved a pile of new stuff from the "Another Timbre" label into position so I can begin a descent into audio twilight the rest of the eve. Let's begin with these four.
Staffordshire’s purveyors of pastoral pop, epic45, return after a seven-year hiatus with new album ‘Through Broken Summer’, available from Friday 28th September.
Much of what has always driven epic45 still remains; the British landscape, hazy childhood memories and a sense of loss. However, as tensions across Britain have increased, epic45 have been forced to re-examine their relationship with the country in which they live.
“The album is about, in part, returning to the place where we grew up from birth to our early twenties. From a personal perspective, it’s sad to see the place changing; new houses, the disappearance of old landmarks etc and the sadness of our childhood homes, strangely quiet now. But on a wider scale, it’s the palpable sense of cultural and political stagnation too. It’s a very insular place now, the community more fragmented than ever before”.
Atmospheric soundscapes combined with subtle electronics permeate throughout ‘Through Broken Summer’. ‘Outside’ and ‘From Quiet Houses’ are written with a sense of grandeur and astral... beauty but darker moments are witnessed on tracks like ‘Other Rooms’, a glitchy, static affair.
There is a calming and addictively measured beauty to ‘Through Broken Summer. ‘Hillside ‘86’, which includes a guest appearance by Antony Harding of July Skies, shimmers against a backdrop of broken beats and heavenly sonics. If you’re looking for musical references, you might be able to hear the ghosts of Sarah Records, Disco Inferno, Slowdive and New Order in epic45’s ever-evolving sound.
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1997 Calvin Russell - Calvin Russell 1999 - The Hurting Business
Chuck - guitar
1995 - A Crack In Time 2001 - Hunkpapa
doesn't feature Chuck at all features Chuck on guitar
Really nice, especially the Golden Living Room half...
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moved a pile of new stuff
from the "Another Timbre"
label into position so I can
begin a descent into audio
twilight the rest of the eve.
Let's begin with these four.
2001 Raisins In The Sun - Raisins In The Sun 2002 - No Other Love
(Chuck Prophet, Harvey Brooks, Jim Dickinson,
Winston Watson, Jules Shear)
2002 Go Go Market - Hotel San Jose 2004 - Age Of Miracles
(Chuck Prophet, Stephanie Finch)
2005 Tom Heyman - Deliver Me 2007 - Dreaming Waylon's Dreams
Chuck - guitar
2007 - Soap And Water 2009 - ¡Let Freedom Ring!
Neil Young - Weld
2012 - Temple Beautiful 2014 - Night Surfer
2017 - Bobby Fuller Died For Your Sins
Streaming from Bandcamp, really nice jazz guitar
Staffordshire’s purveyors of pastoral pop, epic45, return after a seven-year hiatus with new album ‘Through Broken Summer’, available from Friday 28th September.
Much of what has always driven epic45 still remains; the British landscape, hazy childhood memories and a sense of loss. However, as tensions across Britain have increased, epic45 have been forced to re-examine their relationship with the country in which they live.
“The album is about, in part, returning to the place where we grew up from birth to our early twenties. From a personal perspective, it’s sad to see the place changing; new houses, the disappearance of old landmarks etc and the sadness of our childhood homes, strangely quiet now. But on a wider scale, it’s the palpable sense of cultural and political stagnation too. It’s a very insular place now, the community more fragmented than ever before”.
Atmospheric soundscapes combined with subtle electronics permeate throughout ‘Through Broken Summer’. ‘Outside’ and ‘From Quiet Houses’ are written with a sense of grandeur and astral... beauty but darker moments are witnessed on tracks like ‘Other Rooms’, a glitchy, static affair.
There is a calming and addictively measured beauty to ‘Through Broken Summer. ‘Hillside ‘86’, which includes a guest appearance by Antony Harding of July Skies, shimmers against a backdrop of broken beats and heavenly sonics. If you’re looking for musical references, you might be able to hear the ghosts of Sarah Records, Disco Inferno, Slowdive and New Order in epic45’s ever-evolving sound.
Mrs Lowlife's worst nightmare, Mr Lowlife loving it