Best Blues Small Black SKU: JAG269LP Barcode: 0656605226934 16.00 £16.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Jagjaguwar Released Date: 16th October 2015 Buying Format: 1LP Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Small Black’s third full length release, written and recorded at their Brooklyn home studio, nicknamed 222, showcasing a band still evolving and embracing the unpredictable. After a year of recording the band enlisted mixer Nicholas Vernhes (War On Drugs, Deerhunter) of Rare Book Room Studio to help complete the record. ‘Best Blues’ finds the band in their sweet spot: the smoky intersection of considered and vulnerable songwriting and loose, almost nonchalant ambience. The addition of piano flourishes, trumpet (Darby Cicci of The Antlers), hidden acoustic guitars and Kaede Ford’s ethereal vocals provide new dimensions to the band’s already expansive sonic palette. Cut-to-the-chase rippers ‘Back At Belle’s’ and ‘Checkpoints’ embody and build on the group’s signature gritty yet focused electronic sound. While more pastoral tracks such as ‘Between Leos’ and ‘XX Century’ – skeletally based on recorded improvisations – find the band painting a more nuanced, assured aural portrait. The repeating of the line “twentieth century” on closer ‘XX Century’ serves as a coda for the album, offering a simple summation of what ‘Best Blues’ intent has been from the opening Casio stab: an attempt to re-examine the past but also one to let it go. “Another sparkling gem of widescreen, starry-eyed synthpop from a band who’ve been crafting such gems for years.” – Stereogum Artist Small Black Genre Rock And Pop Label Jagjaguwar Buying Options 1LP Format 1LP Condition New Country UK Track Listings Personal Best No One Wants It To Happen To You Boys Life The Closer I Look Big Ideas, Pt. 2 Back At Belle’s Between Leos Checkpoints Smoke Around The Bend XX Century Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Small Black and more from Rock And Pop View Product Quick View Small Black Limits Of Desire Rock And Pop | Jagjaguwar | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 9th May 2013 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Small Black Limits Of Desire £16.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Jagjaguwar SKU: JAG208LP Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 9th May 2013 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Georgie Fame The Whole World’s Shaking Rock And Pop | UMC | 4LP Released 6th October 2015 £58.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Georgie Fame The Whole World’s Shaking £58.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: UMC SKU: 4739799 Formats: 4LP Released Date: 6th October 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Joy Division Love Will Tear Us Apart Rock And Pop | Rhino | 12", Single Released 17th July 2020 £12.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Joy Division Love Will Tear Us Apart £12.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Rhino SKU: 0190295269449 Formats: 12", Single Released Date: 17th July 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Prince Musicology Rock And Pop | Sony Music | 180g, 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 4th February 2019 £34.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Prince Musicology £34.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Sony Music SKU: 19075910521 Formats: 180g, 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 4th February 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Humble Pie Humble Pie Rock And Pop | Music On Vinyl | 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 29th March 2024 £30.00 Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders Humble Pie Humble Pie £30.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Music On Vinyl SKU: MOVLP3717 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 29th March 2024 Read More Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Ramona Flowers, The Part Time Spies (Indies Exclusive) Rock And Pop | Distiller | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released 9th September 2016 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Ramona Flowers, The Part Time Spies (Indies Exclusive) £21.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Distiller SKU: DTIL083VX Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released Date: 9th September 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Stars No One Is Lost Rock And Pop | ATO | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 3rd November 2014 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Stars No One Is Lost £20.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: ATO SKU: ATO0251LP Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 3rd November 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Chris Smith Second Hand Smoke Rock And Pop | IT Records | 1LP Released 9th October 2020 £26.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Chris Smith Second Hand Smoke £26.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: IT Records SKU: LPIT017 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 9th October 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Pete Townshend Scoop 3 Rock And Pop | UMC | 3LP Released 16th August 2017 £39.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Pete Townshend Scoop 3 £39.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: UMC SKU: PTS3LP1 Formats: 3LP Released Date: 16th August 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Lucy Rose Like I Used To Rock And Pop | We Are Vinyl | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 23rd September 2022 £23.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Lucy Rose Like I Used To £23.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: We Are Vinyl SKU: 19439789451 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 23rd September 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Runner Always Repeating Rock And Pop | Run For Cover Records | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 27th August 2021 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Runner Always Repeating £22.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Run For Cover Records SKU: RFC223LPC3 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 27th August 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Rock And Pop Start again
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