Movies For Ears Ela Orleans SKU: LSSN062 Barcode: 5060446122785 17.00 £17.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Night School Released Date: 29th March 2019 Buying Format: 1LP Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info “With Ela’s music I feel emotional, engaged… I can’t help but feel she’s always looking for a sense of belonging and it seems to inform all the music that she makes. Glasgow must have more of that belonging feeling than most cities because she’s spent the most time here, an exotic bird in a rainy city she maybe finds a lttle bit of comfort in. It’s a pleasure to have her here, in this awful time to be living in Britain, her illuminations feel important and hopeful. A stubborn light; someone making great timeless music out of the humdrum of the everyday.” – Stephen Pastel Movies For Ears is a retrospective collection of works by Polish-born, Glasgow-based artist Ela Orleans which navigates almost two decades of songwriting in the heart of the global pop underground. This remastered collection casts an ear over what Orleans might call the ‘pop sensibility’ within her back catalogue. Released previously on a number of small DIY labels, Orleans’ music coincided with the explosion of auto-didactic musicians finding their voice in the age of the blogosphere, artists emboldened by the democratisation of music-making afforded by the internet. From the outset, Orleans’ childhood studying formal music mixed with cut-up techniques, sampling, sound-art and experimentation to create a distinctive signature cloaked in an innate melancholy and playfulness. Fully remastered by James Plotkin, featuring extensive sleeve-notes and rare photos from Orleans’ archive, Movies For Ears presents an appraisal of the musician’s work, painting a portrait of an artist with an uncanny ability to evoke emotions and ghosts of memories in the listener. Each song pulls sunshine from its surroundings, moments of pleasure plucked from eulogies. The Season employs a hypnotic loop with Orleans’s prophetic voice heralding the season we’re doomed to repeat. In fact the singer is often cast as the changing protagonist in her songs: on Walkingman, a hazy ballad heavy with ennui, the narrator is laden with the world’s weight, forever pacing a groundhog day world blank, a pissed-off actor in a Kafka-esque melodrama. On Light At Dawn we’re in a seedy kitsch bar-room go-go scene, a ghostly rock’roll romance with shimmering percussion, poledancing in a Lynchian half-dream. Movies For Ears’ moods straddle memory and fantasy: scratchily invoking halfremembered exotica, the flickering shadows of europhile cinemas screens, a delicately woven world anchored in Orleans existential meditations on longing, intimacy, solitude and the search for love. These rich textures in every song don’t overpower some crystalised moments of emotion however: on In Spring Orleans sings simply “I have been happy two weeks together,” summarizing that feeling of elation when emerging from a depression, a long winter. It’s a moment that perfectly illustrates the lightness of touch and clarity in the singer’s voice. The power of the loop and Orleans’ weaving songwriting that breaks its spell is illustrated perfectly by I Know. Over an aching chord progression, the vocal takes flight into bittersweet loneliness, Pachelbel’s Canon played at a wedding where only one person shows up. The repeated refrain “I know, I know” ascends to the heavens as the chords descend to the dumps and the listener is left in the middle, happy but not knowing why, maybe a little changed, two weeks together. On Movies For Ears, Ela Orleans lets us into a secret: the rare moments of joy to be found in the joins of the loop, the spaces between things, the spring after the winter are the moments that last after the day has faded. Artist Ela Orleans Genre Rock And Pop Label Night School Buying Options 1LP Format 1LP Condition New Country UK Track Listings 1. The Season 2. Walkingman 3. Light At Dawn 4. In Spring 5. Something Higher 6. In The Night 7. I Know 8. Black And White Flight 9. Myriads 10. Neverend Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Rock And Pop View Product Quick View Vagabon Sorry I Haven’t Called Rock And Pop | Nonesuch | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 15th September 2023 £28.00 - £30.00 Select options Vagabon Sorry I Haven’t Called £28.00 - £30.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Nonesuch Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 15th September 2023 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Spellling The Turning Wheel Rock And Pop | Sacred Bones Records | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 25th June 2021 £25.00 - £26.00 Select options Spellling The Turning Wheel £25.00 - £26.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Sacred Bones Records Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 25th June 2021 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Holy Mountain Earth Measures Rock And Pop | Chemikal Underground | 1LP, Includes CD Released 7th May 2012 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Holy Mountain Earth Measures £16.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Chemikal Underground SKU: CHEM173 Formats: 1LP, Includes CD Released Date: 7th May 2012 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Richard Marx Christmas Spirit Rock And Pop | BMG Rights Management | 1LP Released 3rd November 2023 £23.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Richard Marx Christmas Spirit £23.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: BMG Rights Management SKU: 4050538920154 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 3rd November 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Bob Dylan World Gone Wrong Rock And Pop | Music On Vinyl | 180g, 1LP Released 3rd June 2016 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Bob Dylan World Gone Wrong £20.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Music On Vinyl SKU: MOVLP1616 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 3rd June 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Stone Roses, The The Remixes Rock And Pop | Music On Vinyl | 180g, 2LP Released 2nd October 2020 £27.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Stone Roses, The The Remixes £27.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Music On Vinyl SKU: MOVLP2761 Formats: 180g, 2LP Released Date: 2nd October 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Norah Jones The Fall Rock And Pop | Blue Note | 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 16th November 2009 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Norah Jones The Fall £22.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Blue Note SKU: 6992861 Formats: 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 16th November 2009 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Sigrid How To Let Go Rock And Pop | Island | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 6th May 2022 £20.00 Select options Sigrid How To Let Go £20.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Island Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 6th May 2022 Read More Select options On Sale View Product Quick View Black Honey A Fistful Of Peaches Rock And Pop | Foxfive Records | 1LP, Picture Disc Released 17th March 2023 £14.99 - £25.00 £21.00 Select options Black Honey A Fistful Of Peaches £14.99 - £25.00 £21.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Foxfive Records Formats: 1LP, Picture Disc Released Date: 17th March 2023 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Various Artists Come Play With Breed, Vol. 1 Rock And Pop | Come Play With Me Records | 10", EP/Mini Album Released 26th May 2023 £12.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Various Artists Come Play With Breed, Vol. 1 £12.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Come Play With Me Records SKU: CPWM214 Formats: 10", EP/Mini Album Released Date: 26th May 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Rock And Pop Start again
View Product Quick View Vagabon Sorry I Haven’t Called Rock And Pop | Nonesuch | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 15th September 2023 £28.00 - £30.00 Select options Vagabon Sorry I Haven’t Called £28.00 - £30.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Nonesuch Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 15th September 2023 Read More Select options
View Product Quick View Spellling The Turning Wheel Rock And Pop | Sacred Bones Records | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 25th June 2021 £25.00 - £26.00 Select options Spellling The Turning Wheel £25.00 - £26.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Sacred Bones Records Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 25th June 2021 Read More Select options
View Product Quick View Holy Mountain Earth Measures Rock And Pop | Chemikal Underground | 1LP, Includes CD Released 7th May 2012 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Holy Mountain Earth Measures £16.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Chemikal Underground SKU: CHEM173 Formats: 1LP, Includes CD Released Date: 7th May 2012 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders
View Product Quick View Richard Marx Christmas Spirit Rock And Pop | BMG Rights Management | 1LP Released 3rd November 2023 £23.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Richard Marx Christmas Spirit £23.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: BMG Rights Management SKU: 4050538920154 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 3rd November 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders
View Product Quick View Bob Dylan World Gone Wrong Rock And Pop | Music On Vinyl | 180g, 1LP Released 3rd June 2016 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Bob Dylan World Gone Wrong £20.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Music On Vinyl SKU: MOVLP1616 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 3rd June 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders
View Product Quick View Stone Roses, The The Remixes Rock And Pop | Music On Vinyl | 180g, 2LP Released 2nd October 2020 £27.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Stone Roses, The The Remixes £27.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Music On Vinyl SKU: MOVLP2761 Formats: 180g, 2LP Released Date: 2nd October 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders
View Product Quick View Norah Jones The Fall Rock And Pop | Blue Note | 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 16th November 2009 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Norah Jones The Fall £22.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Blue Note SKU: 6992861 Formats: 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 16th November 2009 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders
View Product Quick View Sigrid How To Let Go Rock And Pop | Island | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 6th May 2022 £20.00 Select options Sigrid How To Let Go £20.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Island Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 6th May 2022 Read More Select options
On Sale View Product Quick View Black Honey A Fistful Of Peaches Rock And Pop | Foxfive Records | 1LP, Picture Disc Released 17th March 2023 £14.99 - £25.00 £21.00 Select options Black Honey A Fistful Of Peaches £14.99 - £25.00 £21.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Foxfive Records Formats: 1LP, Picture Disc Released Date: 17th March 2023 Read More Select options
View Product Quick View Various Artists Come Play With Breed, Vol. 1 Rock And Pop | Come Play With Me Records | 10", EP/Mini Album Released 26th May 2023 £12.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Various Artists Come Play With Breed, Vol. 1 £12.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Come Play With Me Records SKU: CPWM214 Formats: 10", EP/Mini Album Released Date: 26th May 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders