Wash The Sins Not Only The Face Esben And The Witch SKU: OLE9910 Barcode: 0744861099109 19.00 £19.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Matador Released Date: 21st January 2013 Buying Format: 1LP Includes CD Includes 7" Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Dispelling any burden of ‘the difficult second album’, Esben And The Witch have comprehensively transcended any such slump or curse with ‘Wash The Sins Not Only The Face’, a majestic, haunting and triumphant work that is not ‘difficult’ in the slightest. Their second full-length brings to fruition concepts that glimmered on their first, 2011’s acclaimed ‘Violet Cries’, but there are no laurels being rested upon here. To make their second album, Esben And The Witch questioned, challenged and rewired their past to find the way to their future and have produced their first masterpiece. To quote Daniel Copeman, “We had a clearer idea of what we wanted to achieve on this album, and how we could achieve it. We’re more focused, more confident.” Their first album took them on the road, and the road took them all over the globe. It was on these journeys, during van-held conversations, that their second album began to take shape, the band happening upon an ancient Greek palindrome ‘Nipson anomēmata mē monan opsin’ which, when translated, gave ‘Wash The Sins Not Only The Face’ its title. They wanted the album to unfurl like a journey, like a day, where opening songs are possessed of a brightness, an optimism that ebbs away over the record’s course. The radiant glide of opener ‘Iceland Spar’, gives way to the bleak lonesomeness of ‘Yellow Wood’, the moment where the sun sets, with closing track ‘Smashed To Pieces In The Still Of The Night’ ending proceedings at a peak of drama and intensity. Previously, lyrics were written more collaboratively between the trio; this time Rachel assumed the sole responsibility herself, honing her words and stories. The lyrics are inspired by TS Eliot and Sylvia Plath, by the works of Vladimir Nabokov and Philip Pullman, Salvador Dali and the surrealist movement; that, and van conversations questioning what it would be like to meet your doppelganger thousands of miles from home. The result is an album that finds new shades within the Esben palette, and when placed alongside ‘Violet Cries’, feels like a fuzzy image that’s pulled successfully into focus. All of this makes you wonder where this road will take them next. More to the point, it makes you want to savour where Esben And The Witch are at now, because ‘Wash The Sins Not Only The Face’ is a sublime experience, an album whose mysteries and riddles will entrance. LP formats include a CD copy of the album. Deluxe LP format, available exclusively to independent retailers, also includes a bonus 7”. Artist Esben And The Witch Genre Rock And Pop Label Matador Buying Options 1LP Includes CD Includes 7" Format 1LP , Includes 7" , Includes CD Condition New Country UK Track Listings Iceland Spar Slow Wave When That Head Splits Shimmering Deathwaltz Yellow Wood Despair Putting Down The Prey The Fall Of Glorieta Mountain Smashed To Pieces In The Still Of The Night Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Esben And The Witch and more from Rock And Pop View Product Quick View Esben And The Witch A New Nature Rock And Pop | Nostromo | 2LP Released 8th September 2014 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Esben And The Witch A New Nature £19.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Nostromo SKU: NSTRM001LP Formats: 2LP Released Date: 8th September 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Woods Perennial Rock And Pop | Woodsist | 1LP Released 15th September 2023 £27.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Woods Perennial £27.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Woodsist SKU: WOODSIST107 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 15th September 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View B*Witched B*Witched – 25th Anniversary Edition Rock And Pop | Music On Vinyl | 180g, 1LP Released 23rd June 2023 £28.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders B*Witched B*Witched – 25th Anniversary Edition £28.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Music On Vinyl SKU: MOVLP3168 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 23rd June 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Simon & Garfunkel Greatest Hits Rock And Pop | We Are Vinyl | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 30th April 2018 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Simon & Garfunkel Greatest Hits £19.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: We Are Vinyl SKU: 19075817661 Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 30th April 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Sorry Girls Easier Rock And Pop | Arbutus Records | 7", Single Released 1st February 2019 £10.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Sorry Girls Easier £10.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Arbutus Records SKU: ABT71LPC1 Formats: 7", Single Released Date: 1st February 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Santana Greatest Hits Rock And Pop | We Are Vinyl | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 31st January 2018 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Santana Greatest Hits £19.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: We Are Vinyl SKU: 88985446151 Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 31st January 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Kings of Leon When You See Yourself Rock And Pop | RCA | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 5th March 2021 £23.00 - £25.00 Select options Kings of Leon When You See Yourself £23.00 - £25.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: RCA Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 5th March 2021 Read More Select options View Product Quick View B52's Dance This Mess Around (best of) Rock And Pop | Music On Vinyl | 180g, 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 8th January 2016 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders B52's Dance This Mess Around (best of) £20.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Music On Vinyl SKU: MOVLP1421 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 8th January 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Slowdive Souvlaki Rock And Pop | Music On Vinyl | 180g, 1LP Released 11th October 2019 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Slowdive Souvlaki £20.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Music On Vinyl SKU: MOVLP202C Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 11th October 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Tim Finn & Phil Manzanera Tim Finn & Phil Manzanera Rock And Pop | BFD Records | 3LP Released 24th November 2023 £43.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Tim Finn & Phil Manzanera Tim Finn & Phil Manzanera £43.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: BFD Records SKU: BFD539 Formats: 3LP Released Date: 24th November 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Atomic Rooster Atomic Rooster Rock And Pop | Music On Vinyl | 180g, 1LP Released 7th October 2016 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Atomic Rooster Atomic Rooster £19.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Music On Vinyl SKU: MOVLP1756 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 7th October 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Rock And Pop Start again
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