When We Are Inhuman Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Bryce Dessner, Eighth Blackbird SKU: 37D03D004 Barcode: 0843563115800 24.00 £24.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: 37d03d Released Date: 30th August 2019 Buying Format: 2LP Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info “Julius Eastman and Will Oldham are kindred spirits. Self-styled provocateurs, they have positioned themselves on the outskirts of distinct traditions, pulling all manners of musical influence towards their outré stance. Eastman, who passed away in 1990 and whose work is experiencing a necessary revival, harnessed the vocabulary of minimalism for joyfully insurgent ends; Oldham’s songwriting regularly conjures a pantheon that Greil Marcus called ‘the old, weird America’. “Last spring, these two visionaries collided at Cincinnati’s MusicNOW Festival and any distance between them was mediated by curator Bryce Dessner and ensemble Eighth Blackbird. On this album, woven between new arrangements of Oldham’s cryptic songs and Eastman’s iconic ‘Stay On It’ are several of Dessner’s ‘Murder Ballades’, works that tease out the homicidal strain of old folk tunes. In ‘Down In The Willow Garden’, a classic Appalachian tune, Oldham sings bleary-eyed atop harshly twanging timbres; ‘Underneath The Floorboards’ takes inspiration from a recent murderous classic by Sufjan Stevens. “These explorations of violence are natural fits for Oldham, who has always examined the interstices between intimacy and cruelty. Four of his songs appear here in new, sumptuous arrangements by pianist Lisa Kaplan. In Cincinnati, Oldham compared working with Eighth Blackbird to becoming acquainted with a ‘haunted house’, continually returning to the same spot and observing how his fear was interlaced with a charged energy. The arrangements push Oldham’s voice to new heights, as in the ecstatic refrain of ‘New Partner’ or the lithe polyrhythms of ‘Beast For Thee’. On ‘One With The Birds’ and ‘When Thy Song’, shimmering introductions deploy avantgarde effects as a window into Oldham’s bleak, poignant sound world. “Musicologist Matthew Mendez has identified the web of influences on Eastman’s ‘Stay On It’: a post-Stonewall queer subjectivity, which the composer-performer flaunted; disco hits by Diana Ross, to which Eastman regularly danced at a Buffalo gay bar; and 1970s minimalism, via Eastman’s emphasis on what he called not ‘the pulse’ but ‘the beat’. “‘Stay On It’ was worked out in performance in the ‘70s and no complete score exists. This live rendition, based on archival recordings, sharpens the edges of Eastman’s music while still capturing its anarchic ideal. Oldham’s repetitions of ‘Stay On it’ are subversively subdued and Dessner’s guitar inserts a punch of the urbane. The riff mutates, changes, fades away, returns triumphantly. It overpowers and is overpowered. Boundaries between musicians and audience dissolve – in concert, percussionist Matthew Duvall ran off the stage to make a surround-sound ruckus – addressing the broader political hierarchies that Eastman sought to triumphantly topple. The party is political.” – Will Robin Artist Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Bryce Dessner, Eighth Blackbird Genre Rock And Pop Label 37d03d Buying Options 2LP Format 2LP Condition New Country UK Track Listings Beast For Thee Down In The Willow Gardern New Partner Underneath The Floorboards One With The Birds When Thy Song Banks Of Red Roses Stay On It Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Rock And Pop View Product Quick View George Thorogood Greatest Hits: 30 Years Of Rock Rock And Pop | UMC | 180g, 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes Download Code Released 30th March 2018 £24.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders George Thorogood Greatest Hits: 30 Years Of Rock £24.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: UMC SKU: 6725261 Formats: 180g, 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes Download Code Released Date: 30th March 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Small Faces There Are But Four Small Faces Rock And Pop | BMG Records | 180g, 1LP Released 26th July 2017 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Small Faces There Are But Four Small Faces £19.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: BMG Records SKU: 803415180714 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 26th July 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Jesu Terminus Rock And Pop | Avalanche | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 27th November 2020 £19.00 - £20.00 Select options Reserve View Reservations Jesu Terminus £19.00 - £20.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Avalanche Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 27th November 2020 Reserve View Reservations Read More Select options View Product Quick View Whiteout Bite It Rock And Pop | Demon | 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 5th August 2022 £32.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Whiteout Bite It £32.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Demon SKU: DEMREC1053 Formats: 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 5th August 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Pedro The Lion Control Rock And Pop | Jade Tree | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 12th November 2012 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Pedro The Lion Control £16.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Jade Tree SKU: JT1072LP Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 12th November 2012 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Into It. 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