Scan The Blue exmagician SKU: BELLA540V Barcode: 5414939935367 18.00 £18.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Bella Union Released Date: 22nd March 2016 Buying Format: 1LP Coloured Vinyl Includes Download Code Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info ‘Scan The Blue’ – released on Bella Union on March 25th – showcases a heady mix of guitars meeting synths and spiraling threads of psychedelia from the latest musical incarnation of longtime collaborators Danny Todd and James Smith. As the songwriting partnership behind Cashier No. 9, the band released the David Holmes produced album ‘To The Death Of Fun’ in 2011 to widespread critical acclaim. Their new venture is propelled by a love of adventurous, psychedelic sounds, apparent from the opening bars of lead track ‘Kiss That Wealth Goodbye’. Steaming in with a filthy riff that’s the product of a guitar and a synth melding together making one sound indecipherable from the other. “It’s like early Beefheart meets Add N To X,” says Danny – a measure of just how broad the duo’s influences are. “David [Holmes] lent me a Korg MS-20 and then I bought one myself. That synth shaped a lot of the record.” ‘Job Done’ sees the pair craft field recordings captured in and around Belfast to create a hazy garage rock crush. A song about “begging for forgiveness,” it’s formed from the unlikeliest of sources. “I managed to capture a great clip from a guy playing bagpipes.,” says Danny of the field recordings. “We tuned the guitars down to the pitch of the pipes and played around with a couple of chords that sound like they’re sawing and chopping their way through the whole song.” Elsewhere, the spaced out groove of ‘Place Your Bets’ sees a soaring falsetto echo over shuffling synthesisers, giving way to a widescreen coda and haunting trumpet solo from guest Linley Hamilton. ‘Bend With The Wind’ had a less traditional start. “I was learning to play the spoons around the time of writing this song” Danny remembers. “You can hear me clattering on them at the start. I wanted this song to sound a little bit broken, confused, nervous but at the same time triumphant.” The broken and the lonely continues with a nod to late-period Pavement at their most graceful, sliding inside ‘Smile To The Gallery’, its gentle sway dotted with glistening beads of electric guitar, nudging towards a heady transcendence that appears later in full, psychedelic shoegaze glory on title track ‘Scan The Blue’, a shimmering ambient finale that even took the duo themselves by surprise. “Scan The Blue changed drastically at the last minute,” says Danny. “Originally it had galloped along with a Scott Walker type vibe. At the last minute during mixing we accidentally muted some tracks, stood back and our jaws dropped at how beautiful it sounded. As if the song had been waiting to show off this cinematic side. A lot of swooning synths and vocals and a silly amount of overdubs. An optimistic sentiment on a grey day.” Self-written and produced with the help of Rocky O’Reilly (And So I Watch You From Afar, General Fiasco, Mojo Fury), Danny and James’s decision to take the production reins came from their reverential response to songcraft. Each track carefully crafted over time and only tweaked when they knew they were ready to be heard. “The song is king,” says James. “It has to be bulletproof before we start fucking about with it at all.” After so many years of friendship and collaboration, these two songwriter-producers have fallen deeper into the music that binds them than ever before. And as for subject matter, don’t expect love songs. “Hope, trust and revenge,” says Danny of their inspiration, “they always fall into those three categories.” Artist exmagician Genre Rock And Pop Label Bella Union Buying Options 1LP Coloured Vinyl Includes Download Code Format 1LP , Coloured Vinyl , Includes Download Code Condition New Country United Kingdom Track Listings Kiss That Wealth Goodbye Bend With The Wind Place Your Bets Desperado Feet Don’t Fail Job Done Smile To The Gallery Plan Retrieval The Rot Sets In Wild Eyes Scan The Blue Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Rock And Pop View Product Quick View Memphis Here Comes A City Rock And Pop | Arts & Crafts | 1LP Released 14th March 2011 £13.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Memphis Here Comes A City £13.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Arts & Crafts SKU: AC060LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 14th March 2011 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Paul's picks View Product Quick View Neil Young Homegrown Rock And Pop | Warner Records | 1LP Released 19th June 2020 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Neil Young Homegrown £19.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Warner Records Released Date: 19th June 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Asgeir Time Is On My Hands Rock And Pop | One Little Independent | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 28th October 2022 £25.00 - £26.00 Select options Asgeir Time Is On My Hands £25.00 - £26.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: One Little Independent Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 28th October 2022 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Elvis Costello & Brodsky Quartet Juliet Letters Rock And Pop | Music On Vinyl | 180g, 1LP, Includes Insert Released 5th August 2022 £27.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Elvis Costello & Brodsky Quartet Juliet Letters £27.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Music On Vinyl SKU: MOVLP1089 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Includes Insert Released Date: 5th August 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Mr.Big Mr.Big – RSD 2023 Rock And Pop | Evoxs | 180g, 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 22nd April 2023 £42.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Mr.Big Mr.Big – RSD 2023 £42.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Evoxs SKU: EVLP037SB Formats: 180g, 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 22nd April 2023 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Graham Dee Carnaby Street Soul West Coast Vibes Rock And Pop | Acid Jazz | 1LP Released 31st January 2020 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Graham Dee Carnaby Street Soul West Coast Vibes £17.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Acid Jazz SKU: AJXLP492 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 31st January 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Traffic Mr Fantasy (US version/extra tracks) Rock And Pop | Vinyl Lovers | 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 19th October 2018 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Traffic Mr Fantasy (US version/extra tracks) £21.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Vinyl Lovers SKU: 900181 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 19th October 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Cocteau Twins Blue Bell Knoll Rock And Pop | 4AD | 1LP Released 12th July 2004 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Cocteau Twins Blue Bell Knoll £17.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: 4AD SKU: CAD3419 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 12th July 2004 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Steve Winwood Refugees Of The Heart Rock And Pop | UMC | 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 18th April 2017 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Steve Winwood Refugees Of The Heart £18.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: UMC SKU: 5723720 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 18th April 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Josienne Clarke I Promised You Light Rock And Pop | Corduroy Punk Records | 12", Coloured Vinyl, EP/Mini Album Released 4th February 2022 £13.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Josienne Clarke I Promised You Light £13.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Corduroy Punk Records SKU: CPR07LP Formats: 12", Coloured Vinyl, EP/Mini Album Released Date: 4th February 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Rock And Pop Start again
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