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 Who, The Tommy Rock And Pop | UMC | 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 11th November 2013 £24.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Who, The Tommy £24.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: UMC SKU: 3715749 Formats: 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 11th November 2013 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Michael Yonkers Michael Lee Yonkers Rock And Pop | Drag City | 1LP Released 20th January 2014 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Michael Yonkers Michael Lee Yonkers £17.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Drag City SKU: DC580 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 20th January 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Palm Rock Island – Limited Edition Rock And Pop | Carpark Records | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released 9th February 2018 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Palm Rock Island – Limited Edition £19.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Carpark Records SKU: CAK124LPX Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released Date: 9th February 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Kara's Flowers The Fourth World Rock And Pop | Music On Vinyl | 180g, 1LP Released 10th January 2020 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Kara's Flowers The Fourth World £21.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Music On Vinyl SKU: MOVLP2559 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 10th January 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Beach Boys, The All Summer Long Rock And Pop | Analogue Productions | SACD Released 8th October 2015 £29.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Beach Boys, The All Summer Long £29.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Analogue Productions SKU: CAPP063SA Formats: SACD Released Date: 8th October 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Mark Lanegan Band A Thousand Miles Of Midnight: Phantom Radio Remixes Rock And Pop | Heavenly | 2LP, Includes Download Code Released 23rd February 2015 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Mark Lanegan Band A Thousand Miles Of Midnight: Phantom Radio Remixes £17.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Heavenly SKU: HVNLP110 Formats: 2LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 23rd February 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Peace Kindness Is The New Rock And Roll Rock And Pop | Ignition | 1LP Released 4th May 2018 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Peace Kindness Is The New Rock And Roll £20.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Ignition SKU: 5052946140017 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 4th May 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Cocteau Twins The Pink Opaque Rock And Pop | 4AD | 1LP Released 17th July 2015 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Cocteau Twins The Pink Opaque £17.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: 4AD SKU: CAD3509 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 17th July 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nearly New View Product Quick View Who, The Live At Leeds (Expanded) Rock And Pop | Polydor | 3LP Released 1st June 2023 £35.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Who, The Live At Leeds (Expanded) £35.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Polydor SKU: nn264827 Formats: 3LP Released Date: 1st June 2023 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Deftones Around The Fur Metal / Classic Rock | Maverick | 1LP Released 16th May 2011 £28.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Deftones Around The Fur £28.00 Genre: Metal / Classic Rock Label: Maverick SKU: 9362495780 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 16th May 2011 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Rock And Pop Start again
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