The Island Come True L.Pierre SKU: MELO081LP Barcode: 5060168040527 19.00 £19.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Melodic Released Date: 21st January 2013 Buying Format: 2LP Includes Download Code Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Across his many projects past and present, it’s under the moniker of L. Pierre that Aidan Moffat has perhaps best opened up the bare bones of his thirst for sonic exploration. The Island Come True is Moffat’s fourth album as L. Pierre and is a work assembled from the vast cavern of his assembled field recordings and samples, a collage that works as a sonic patchwork of the 39 year old’s own mind. A popular lyrical raconteur whether as one half of Arab Strap, writing under his own name or when collaborating with Bill Wells as on last year’s Scottish Album Of The Year award winner Everything’s Getting Older it’s as this carnation where the true extent of his musical eclecticism is revealed. As such, the album is as a dreamscape, with fragments of classical works, drum samples, instructional speeches and, in a link back to his last album, recordings of nature. Electronics elements previously employed on past albums have been discarded, the album in its entirety consisting only of these found sounds. The record is overridden by the hissing of tape tracks and drones, and there’s good reason for that: “there\’s something beautiful in hearing the grit and hiss of old recordings” professes the artist, who admits that he’s even gone as far as adding and embellishing click tracks and surface noise. “Everything sounds so clean and clinical and perfect today, but I love hearing something that sounds worn and suggests the music has a history. It’s gorgeous and sad at once, as though it\’s lived a life and survived to tell the tale.” Sadness is a word that could readily be used to describe big sections of Island Come True, a fine line trodden between soothing warmth and bleaker depths throughout. Previous albums under the Pierre guise had a specific mood or ambience that they attempted to portray; 2002’s Hypnogogia, Moffat explains, was his own homemade comedown album, its 2005 follow up Touchpool a warped take on lounge music, whilst third LP Dip represented something more physical, consisting largely of countryside recordings. With The Island Come True, though, the onus is on the listener’s own imagination and not his; “it’s about taking the listener on a wee journey, but where that journey goes is entirely up to them” says Moffat. “I wanted this one to be more suggestive and mysterious than the previous records.” It’s apt that such an otherworldly LP has been named after the title of the chapter in Peter Pan where they discover Neverland. Pan celebrates the power of the human imagination and its Island Come True’s aim to do that too, the open ended nature of the eleven sprawling constructions allowing listeners to take away their own interpretation of what exactly it is that the Scotsman is trying to evoke and achieve. Song titles, too, delve into the extraordinary, the surreal and, more often than not, the sinister; ‘KAB 1340’ is the name of the radio station being listened to in John Carpenter’s The Fog, ‘The Grief That Does Not Speak’ is taken from a speech in Macbeth, ‘Tulpa’ is a Buddhist term for a physical object brought about purely by the power of the mind. Moffat admits that he thought he was done with L.Pierre after 2007’s Dip, confessing that his sense of happiness with that record made him feel like he didn’t need to revisit the project any further. It’s a relief that he gained an urge to reprise it late last year. For all the wonderful work that he’s put out in his various guises over the past 17 years, it is arguably as L.Pierre where he’s at his most beguiling and unexplained, collecting and sculpting these pieces of aural history together for reasons that he never quite tells us. Such is the beauty of the project and of The Island Come True – it is for us to draw our conclusions upon. Double LP comes with digital download card “With Calexico worthy pedal steel and mariachi trumpet. `jim dodge at the penguin cafe\’ exemplifies the albums reservoir of piquant texture, while `Velbon\’ is a heartbreaking extrapolation of Beethoven and Eno.\”*4/5 Mojo “Touchpool offers further proof that his expressive gifts survive the loss of pen and paper. A triumphant vindication of his decision to sally forth.” 4/5 Sunday Times “Seedy orchestral chillout. Ideal for those nights when you\’re left drowning in booze, vomit and sexual guilt.” 4/5 DJ Mag “Whether it\’s the addition of live musicians or L Pierre\’s sheer determination to better his debut album `Hypnogogia\’ i dont know, but this is a right beauty!.” 4/5 Mixmag \”Darkly cinematic soundscapes.\” Observer Music Monthly Artist L.Pierre Genre Rock And Pop Label Melodic Buying Options 2LP Includes Download Code Format 2LP , Includes Download Code Condition New Country UK Track Listings 01 KAB 1340 02 Harmonic Avenger 03 Drums 04 Sad Laugh 05 Dumbum 06 The Grief That Does Not Speak 07 Now Listen! 08 Exits 09 Doctor Alucard 10 Tulpa 11 The Kingdom Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Rock And Pop View Product Quick View John Cale Helen of Troy Rock And Pop | Wax Cathedral | 180g, 1LP Released 15th June 2015 £27.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders John Cale Helen of Troy £27.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Wax Cathedral SKU: MELT014 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 15th June 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Apartments, The The Evening Visits and Stays for Years (Expanded Edition) Rock And Pop | Captured Tracks | 2LP Released 23rd June 2014 £29.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Apartments, The The Evening Visits and Stays for Years (Expanded Edition) £29.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Captured Tracks SKU: CT206LP Formats: 2LP Released Date: 23rd June 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View General Public All The Rage Rock And Pop | BMG Rights Management | 1LP Released 4th August 2023 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders General Public All The Rage £22.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: BMG Rights Management SKU: 4050538889352 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 4th August 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Mystery Jets Twenty One Rock And Pop | Phantasy Sound | 180g, 1LP, 2LP, Coloured Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve Released 25th March 2022 £28.00 - £41.00 Select options Mystery Jets Twenty One £28.00 - £41.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Phantasy Sound Formats: 180g, 1LP, 2LP, Coloured Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 25th March 2022 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Vangelis Gift Rock And Pop | Music On Vinyl | 180g, 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 8th December 2023 £34.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Vangelis Gift £34.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Music On Vinyl SKU: MOVLP2699 Formats: 180g, 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 8th December 2023 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Eva Cassidy Songbird Rock And Pop | Blix St | 180g, 1LP Released 25th November 2014 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Eva Cassidy Songbird £19.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Blix St SKU: 0739341014581 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 25th November 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Oscar Lang Chew The Scenery Rock And Pop | Dirty Hit | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 13th August 2021 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Oscar Lang Chew The Scenery £18.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Dirty Hit SKU: DH1122 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 13th August 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View British Sea Power Zeus EP Rock And Pop | Rough Trade | 12", EP/Mini Album Released 29th September 2010 £10.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders British Sea Power Zeus EP £10.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Rough Trade SKU: RTRADST593 Formats: 12", EP/Mini Album Released Date: 29th September 2010 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Rickie Lee Jones Kicks Rock And Pop | Other Side Of Desire Records | 1LP Released 7th June 2019 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Rickie Lee Jones Kicks £17.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Other Side Of Desire Records SKU: OSOD021 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 7th June 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View View, The Hats Off To The Buskers (10th Anniversary Edition) Rock And Pop | Demon Records | 1LP Released 22nd April 2017 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View, The Hats Off To The Buskers (10th Anniversary Edition) £22.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Demon Records SKU: RSD17107 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 22nd April 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Rock And Pop Start again
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