View basket “The Tannahill Weavers” has been added to your basket. Heaven On The Faultline Alex Bleeker SKU: NB010LP Barcode: 085218004927 19.00 £19.00 Genre: Folk Label: Nightbloom Records Released Date: 5th March 2021 Buying Format: 1LP Includes Download Code Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Real Estate’s Alex Bleeker steps out on his own for a first full solo album, taking his music back to his homespun indie-rock roots. Initially recorded in his bedroom before adding finishing touches in the studio, the tracks have a lo-fi warmth akin to Bleeker’s American heroes The Feelies & Yo La Tengo. I’ve known Alex Bleeker my entire life. Well, okay, maybe not since I was born, but there’s no doubt that I’ve shared a fair bit of memories with him over the years. We’ve acted in high school productions of Shakespeare together, gone on late-night diner runs, argued about which Weezer album is the band’s best, and swapped mutual appreciation for the music of Yo La Tengo on car rides careening around the snaky suburbia of our hometown. Just like his Real Estate bandmates Martin Courtney and Julian Lynch, we attended high school in the New Jersey enclave of Ridgewood, a place where sticky summer days yielded cool nights with a glow so nocturnal that you can practically hear the fireflies buzzing off of this sentence alone. Indie rock—a type of music that can easily be made or listened to in someone’s garage—often dominates teenage suburban preoccupations, and both Alex and I were no exception. You can hear this legacy of listening on his new album Heaven on the Faultline, which departs from his last full-band outing as Alex Bleeker and the Freaks, 2015’s Country Agenda. Whereas that album had a more full-bodied explicitly folk-y feel, Heaven on the Faultline finds Bleeker getting back to his homespun roots over the course of its 13 songs, from the jangly guitar pop of New Jersey heroes the Feelies and YLT’s hushed, acoustic reveries to the open-hearted folk rock that marks so much of the Grateful Dead’s early catalog. Written and recorded over the last several years, Heaven on the Faultline’s songs were initially recorded straight to GarageBand in Bleeker’s bedroom before receiving further studio refinement in co-producer Phil Hartunian’s Tropico Beauty space in Los Angeles. With contributions from Confusing Mix of Nations’ Josh Da Costa, Cameron Stallones of Sun Araw, singer-songwriter Kacey Johansing, and Parting Lines’ Tim Ramsey, Heaven on the Faultline achieves a warm and intimate feel that defines Bleeker’s mission for the album: “I wanted to capture the moment in which I fell in love with making music to begin with. This is music for myself—me getting back to music for music’s sake.” The unsteady times we live in certainly creep into view on Heaven on the Faultline. The deceptively easygoing “D Plus” was written on the day of President Donald Trump’s inauguration with the cursed event in mind, while the anxiety of climate change hovers just above the lovely guitar loops of “Felty Feel.” “The album is very much about dealing with the anxiety of a sense of impending doom,” Bleeker states while discussing the album’s portentous vibes. “When is the hammer going to fall? How do we go forward in the face of such anxiety and experience the complexity of life?” Artist Alex Bleeker Genre Folk Label Nightbloom Records Buying Options 1LP Includes Download Code Format 1LP , Includes Download Code Condition New Country UK Track Listings AB Ripoff D plus Felty Feel Heaven On The Faultline Heavy Tupper LaLaLa Mashed Potatoes Swang Parking Lot Reach For My Brain Tamalpais Twang Lonesome Call Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Folk View Product Quick View Florist Florist Folk | Double Double Whammy | 2LP, Coloured Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes Download Code Released 29th July 2022 £30.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Florist Florist £30.00 Genre: Folk Label: Double Double Whammy SKU: LPDDW087C Formats: 2LP, Coloured Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes Download Code Released Date: 29th July 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Scott Fagan South Atlantic Blues Folk | Earth Recordings | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 9th February 2024 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Scott Fagan South Atlantic Blues £21.00 Genre: Folk Label: Earth Recordings SKU: EARTHLP058 Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 9th February 2024 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Milk Carton Kids, The The Only Ones Folk | Milk Carton Kids Records | 10", 1LP, EP/Mini Album Released 6th December 2019 £13.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Milk Carton Kids, The The Only Ones £13.00 Genre: Folk Label: Milk Carton Kids Records SKU: MCR00003LP Formats: 10", 1LP, EP/Mini Album Released Date: 6th December 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nearly New View Product Quick View Blackgirls Procedure Folk | Hannibal Records | 1LP Released 13th June 2014 £8.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Blackgirls Procedure £8.00 Genre: Folk Label: Hannibal Records SKU: NN69825 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 13th June 2014 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Bert Jansch Living In The Shadows Part 2: On The Edge Of A Dream Folk | Earth Records | 4LP, Box Set Released 28th April 2017 £51.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Bert Jansch Living In The Shadows Part 2: On The Edge Of A Dream £51.00 Genre: Folk Label: Earth Records SKU: EARTHLP015 Formats: 4LP, Box Set Released Date: 28th April 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Anne Briggs Anne Briggs Folk | 4 Men With Beards | 180g, 1LP Released 30th August 2016 £27.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Anne Briggs Anne Briggs £27.00 Genre: Folk Label: 4 Men With Beards SKU: 4M164LP Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 30th August 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Jess Williamson Cosmic Wink Folk | Mexican Summer | 1LP Released 11th May 2018 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Jess Williamson Cosmic Wink £17.00 Genre: Folk Label: Mexican Summer SKU: MEX2531 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 11th May 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Roo Panes Paperweights Folk | CRC Music | 1LP Released 11th March 2016 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Roo Panes Paperweights £16.00 Genre: Folk Label: CRC Music SKU: CRC021V Formats: 1LP Released Date: 11th March 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Fairport Convention Fairport Convention 50:50@50 Folk | Matty Grooves | 1LP Released 8th December 2017 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Fairport Convention Fairport Convention 50:50@50 £21.00 Genre: Folk Label: Matty Grooves SKU: MGLP054 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 8th December 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Tom Baxter The Uncarved Block Folk | Sylvan Songs | 1LP Released 21st September 2018 £23.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Tom Baxter The Uncarved Block £23.00 Genre: Folk Label: Sylvan Songs SKU: BAXTERLP1 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 21st September 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Folk Start again
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