View basket “The Decline And Fall Of Heavenly” has been added to your basket. Matt's picks Sides Lean Year SKU: WV217LP Barcode: 0843563149744 23.00 £23.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Western Vinyl Released Date: 2nd September 2022 Buying Format: 1LP Add to basket Reserve Add to your Wishlist Video Description Product Info Alverson has released five records as Spokane, and four as Drunk on the label Jagjaguwar. There is a moment on Sides, the new album from Richmond, Virginia-based duo Lean Year, in which a hospital room floor is filled with white chrysanthemums. This imagery, based on an opiate-induced hallucination experienced by vocalist Emilie Rex’s mother as she recovered from surgery, is a perfect encapsulation of the band’s second album: dreamlike and beautiful, yet burdened with cold, stark reality. Sides is a harrowing journey through realms of grief and memory, a meditation woven into a tapestry of synth pads, woodwinds, and Rex’s instantly recognizable voice. The duo of Rex and Rick Alverson who also works as a film director (The Mountain, Entertainment, The Comedy) originally set out to write an album about conflict, but during the writing and recording process, they were confronted with a number of personal tragedies. Alverson lost both of his parents in rapid succession, Rex’s mother received a cancer diagnosis, and the couple’s beloved family dog, Orca, died. These events transformed the album into an exploration of loss an attempt at processing the painful, complex, and private emotions that bubble to the surface when confronted with death. “We thought we’d do a concept album called Sides where we could reflect on all of the division in the world, and some in our own families, but then COVID transformed everything / everyone, and we suffered our own specific losses. The record became about loss and grief,” Rex explains. “In this way, the title Sides was still appropriate: our individual grief and collective grief, the margins of before and after, the act and feeling of during and enduring. It felt like straddling a threshold between two opposing sides the moment before conflict and the moment after it passes, life and death, the act of living and the memory of the act. Grief feels like a contention between what you knew and what you now know, and often both feel real and unreal at once.” Sides produced by Alverson alongside Erik Hall (In Tall Buildings) and featuring contributions from Elliot Bergman (Nomo, Wild Belle) and Joseph Shabason (Destroyer, The War on Drugs) has a distinctly cinematic quality, perhaps due in part to Alverson’s other career.Moments of jazz, slowcore, and dirgelike R&B find their way into the sorrowful, ambient suite, lulling the listener into a state of calm while the lyrics speak of ghosts, childhood, and mortality. Despite the gravity of the subject matter, Sides succeeds in mastering a balancing act between pathos and pop. Each song is indelible and haunting, with melodies that have the kind of broad appeal reminiscent of Karen Dalton, Aldous Harding, and FKA twigs. “Lean Year have managed an impressive debut.” – PITCHFORK “There’s such beautiful atmosphere to the record…It’s really stunning.” – NPR MUSIC “…a gorgeous piece of ghostly folk-rock.” – STEREOGUM Artist Lean Year Genre Rock And Pop Label Western Vinyl Buying Options 1LP Format 1LP Condition New Country UK Track Listings 01 Legs 02 Nitetime 03 End 04 Trouble With Being Warm 05 Panes 06 Bend 07 Bad Woman 08 Marriage of Heaven and Hell 09 Home Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Lean Year and more from Rock And Pop Nearly New View Product Quick View Lean Year Sides Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Western Vinyl | 1LP Released 31st January 2024 £15.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Lean Year Sides £15.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Western Vinyl SKU: nn280077 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 31st January 2024 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket Nearly New View Product Quick View Lovin Spoonful, The Do You Believe In Magic Psychedelia / Garage | Sundazed | 1LP Released 20th September 2022 £18.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Lovin Spoonful, The Do You Believe In Magic £18.00 Genre: Psychedelia / Garage Label: Sundazed SKU: nn249919 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 20th September 2022 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Absolute Monarchs To Hell, Lets Masquerade / Thinking Thieves Rock And Pop | Big Tea/Good To Die | 7", Single Released 31st October 2012 £5.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Absolute Monarchs To Hell, Lets Masquerade / Thinking Thieves £5.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Big Tea/Good To Die SKU: CUPPA001 Formats: 7", Single Released Date: 31st October 2012 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View White Flowers Are You Rock And Pop | Tough Love | 12", EP/Mini Album Released 13th May 2022 £15.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders White Flowers Are You £15.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Tough Love SKU: TLV156EP Formats: 12", EP/Mini Album Released Date: 13th May 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Matt's picks View Product Quick View Tiny Leaves Alone, not alone Classical | Tiny Leaves | 180g, 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 13th August 2021 £18.00 Select options Tiny Leaves Alone, not alone £18.00 Genre: Classical Label: Tiny Leaves Formats: 180g, 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 13th August 2021 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Peter Frampton Frampton’s Camel (SACD) Rock And Pop | Intervention Records | SACD Released 28th April 2023 £42.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Peter Frampton Frampton’s Camel (SACD) £42.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Intervention Records SKU: IR-SCD21 Formats: SACD Released Date: 28th April 2023 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Guns 'N' Roses Use Your Illusion I (Remastered) Rock And Pop | Polydor | 180g, 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 11th November 2022 £33.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Guns 'N' Roses Use Your Illusion I (Remastered) £33.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Polydor SKU: GNR0004 Formats: 180g, 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 11th November 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Yo La Tengo Stuff Like That There Rock And Pop | Matador | 1LP Released 25th August 2015 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Yo La Tengo Stuff Like That There £16.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Matador SKU: OLE10791 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 25th August 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Sergio Mendes & Brasil 66 Stillness Rock And Pop | Soul Jazz | 1LP Released 14th July 2014 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Sergio Mendes & Brasil 66 Stillness £17.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Soul Jazz SKU: USLP57 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 14th July 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Tera Melos Patagonian Rats Rock And Pop | Sargent House | 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 11th October 2010 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Tera Melos Patagonian Rats £20.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Sargent House SKU: SH042LP Formats: 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 11th October 2010 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Roma Di Luna We Were Made To Forgive Rock And Pop | RDL Records | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 8th June 2018 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Roma Di Luna We Were Made To Forgive £18.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: RDL Records SKU: RDL007LP Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 8th June 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Rock And Pop Start again
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