View basket “The Red Album 62-66 (2023 Half Speed Mastered Edition)” has been added to your basket. When We Are Inhuman Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Bryce Dessner, Eighth Blackbird SKU: 37D03D004 Barcode: 0843563115800 24.00 £24.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: 37d03d Released Date: 30th August 2019 Buying Format: 2LP Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info “Julius Eastman and Will Oldham are kindred spirits. Self-styled provocateurs, they have positioned themselves on the outskirts of distinct traditions, pulling all manners of musical influence towards their outré stance. Eastman, who passed away in 1990 and whose work is experiencing a necessary revival, harnessed the vocabulary of minimalism for joyfully insurgent ends; Oldham’s songwriting regularly conjures a pantheon that Greil Marcus called ‘the old, weird America’. “Last spring, these two visionaries collided at Cincinnati’s MusicNOW Festival and any distance between them was mediated by curator Bryce Dessner and ensemble Eighth Blackbird. On this album, woven between new arrangements of Oldham’s cryptic songs and Eastman’s iconic ‘Stay On It’ are several of Dessner’s ‘Murder Ballades’, works that tease out the homicidal strain of old folk tunes. In ‘Down In The Willow Garden’, a classic Appalachian tune, Oldham sings bleary-eyed atop harshly twanging timbres; ‘Underneath The Floorboards’ takes inspiration from a recent murderous classic by Sufjan Stevens. “These explorations of violence are natural fits for Oldham, who has always examined the interstices between intimacy and cruelty. Four of his songs appear here in new, sumptuous arrangements by pianist Lisa Kaplan. In Cincinnati, Oldham compared working with Eighth Blackbird to becoming acquainted with a ‘haunted house’, continually returning to the same spot and observing how his fear was interlaced with a charged energy. The arrangements push Oldham’s voice to new heights, as in the ecstatic refrain of ‘New Partner’ or the lithe polyrhythms of ‘Beast For Thee’. On ‘One With The Birds’ and ‘When Thy Song’, shimmering introductions deploy avantgarde effects as a window into Oldham’s bleak, poignant sound world. “Musicologist Matthew Mendez has identified the web of influences on Eastman’s ‘Stay On It’: a post-Stonewall queer subjectivity, which the composer-performer flaunted; disco hits by Diana Ross, to which Eastman regularly danced at a Buffalo gay bar; and 1970s minimalism, via Eastman’s emphasis on what he called not ‘the pulse’ but ‘the beat’. “‘Stay On It’ was worked out in performance in the ‘70s and no complete score exists. This live rendition, based on archival recordings, sharpens the edges of Eastman’s music while still capturing its anarchic ideal. Oldham’s repetitions of ‘Stay On it’ are subversively subdued and Dessner’s guitar inserts a punch of the urbane. The riff mutates, changes, fades away, returns triumphantly. It overpowers and is overpowered. Boundaries between musicians and audience dissolve – in concert, percussionist Matthew Duvall ran off the stage to make a surround-sound ruckus – addressing the broader political hierarchies that Eastman sought to triumphantly topple. The party is political.” – Will Robin Artist Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Bryce Dessner, Eighth Blackbird Genre Rock And Pop Label 37d03d Buying Options 2LP Format 2LP Condition New Country UK Track Listings Beast For Thee Down In The Willow Gardern New Partner Underneath The Floorboards One With The Birds When Thy Song Banks Of Red Roses Stay On It Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Rock And Pop View Product Quick View Who, The A Quick One Rock And Pop | UMC | 180g, 1LP Released 19th March 2015 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Who, The A Quick One £18.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: UMC SKU: 3715608 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 19th March 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Brian Wilson No Pier Pressure Rock And Pop | Virgin Records | 180g, 2LP Released 1st June 2015 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Brian Wilson No Pier Pressure £22.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Virgin Records SKU: 3791895 Formats: 180g, 2LP Released Date: 1st June 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Jens Lekman The Cherry Trees Are Still In Blossom Rock And Pop | Secretly Canadian | 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 3rd June 2022 £23.00 - £25.00 Select options Jens Lekman The Cherry Trees Are Still In Blossom £23.00 - £25.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Secretly Canadian Formats: 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 3rd June 2022 Read More Select options View Product Quick View White Reaper You Deserve Love Rock And Pop | Nonesuch | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 18th October 2019 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders White Reaper You Deserve Love £22.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Nonesuch SKU: 0075678651199 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 18th October 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Zarelli (Carwyn Ellis) Soft Rains Rock And Pop | Bronzerat | 1LP, Includes CD Released 23rd February 2015 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Zarelli (Carwyn Ellis) Soft Rains £16.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Bronzerat SKU: SA06 Formats: 1LP, Includes CD Released Date: 23rd February 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Jennifer Warnes The Well Rock And Pop | Impex Records | 3LP Released 12th December 2011 £120.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Jennifer Warnes The Well £120.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Impex Records SKU: IMXLP600145 Formats: 3LP Released Date: 12th December 2011 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Crowded House The Very Very Best Of Crowded House Rock And Pop | UMC | 2LP Released 12th July 2019 £25.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Crowded House The Very Very Best Of Crowded House £25.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: UMC SKU: 5784758 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 12th July 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Dave Matthews Band Under The Table And Dreaming Rock And Pop | RCA | 180g, 2LP, Includes Booklet, Includes Download Code Released 10th March 2015 £34.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Dave Matthews Band Under The Table And Dreaming £34.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: RCA SKU: ARCA96319 Formats: 180g, 2LP, Includes Booklet, Includes Download Code Released Date: 10th March 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View PJ Harvey Rid Of Me Rock And Pop | Island | 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 21st August 2020 £26.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations PJ Harvey Rid Of Me £26.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Island SKU: 0851112 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 21st August 2020 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Its A Beautiful World (RSD STORES & HMV EXCLUSIVE Ltd Edition Yellow Vinyl) Rock And Pop | Sour Mash | 12", Single Released 5th March 2018 £9.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Its A Beautiful World (RSD STORES & HMV EXCLUSIVE Ltd Edition Yellow Vinyl) £9.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Sour Mash SKU: 5052945030067 Formats: 12", Single Released Date: 5th March 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Rock And Pop Start again
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