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The Bevis Frond - New River Head (1991/2003) (FLAC) [Lossless]

Dodano:
2008-02-02 11:30:08

Język:
angielski

 Polski opis

Gatunek :    
Rok Wydania :   1991/2003 
Jakość :   FLAC
Okładki :   Tak 

Opis:
W roku 1990 Bevis Frond rozpoczął nagrywanie muzyki w profesjonalnych studiach. Po pierwszej płycie tego okresu „Any Gas Faster” jeszcze w tym samym roku wydano koncertowy „Ear Song” i studyjny „Magic Eye”. Jednak dopiero rok następny przyniósł coś co można nazwać sukcesem.
W 1991 ukazał się w sprzedaży dwu płytowy album „New River Head”. Tym razem Nick Saloman nie działał sam. W nagraniach wspomagał go bębniarz Martin Crowley. Może jest tu trochę więcej popu niż na poprzednich albumach ale nadal dominuje brzmienie psychodeliczne. Album jest dobrym początkiem dla poznania i polubienia The Bevis Frond. Do 2004 roku utalentowany ekscentryk wydał jeszcze 11 albumów nie opuszczając wydawnictw niezależnych. Jeżeli szukać w jego twórczości albumów „ważnych” to na pewno „New River Head” do nich się zalicza. Choćby dlatego ukazało się w 1998 roku na CD nakładem Rubric Records. W 1991 był to jedynie czarny album analogowy. Na CD wydanym w 2003 roku zmieniono nieco kolejność utworów oraz dodano materiały na które zabrakło miejsca na wydaniu winylowym i wydaniu z 1998.

 English description

Genre :    
Year :   1991/2003 
Quality :   FLAC
Covers :   Yes 

Description:
Though Nick Saloman can never be said to necessarily, or at least obviously, progress from release to release, he does have a knack for ensuring that each Bevis Frond album has something interesting. It's when he puts everything together to create a consistently strong record that notice is due, and Frond's 1991 effort stands out in that regard. His slightly mournful, weary vocals remain unchanged, as does the general feeling of pop/psych-rock with jamming tendencies. The core duo of Martin Crowley on drums and Saloman on everything else also continues, supplemented by a variety of guest performers. There's just that little something more here, though, that marks New River Head as a good starting point for anyone interesting in discovering more about the Frond. The first couple of songs are mostly Saloman-by-the-numbers, but then he hits a great winning streak, starting with "Waving," a gentle folk ballad which adds a violin for an effect that's just melancholy enough and results in an honestly heart-catching little track. Following that is the title song, a strong feedback crunch that welds Saloman's ear for a good hook with his considerable playing abilities well. The disc continues in the same, fine general vein from that point on, ranging from the Byrds-inflected guitar chime of "He'd Be a Diamond" to the soft, then shroomy, head-nodding "Stain on the Sun." The standout is "The Miskatonic Variations II," a nearly 17-minute ambient-to-full-blown-noise jam recorded with a guest bassist, guitarist, and sax player, not to mention Current 93's lead figure, David Tibet, adding some chants on top of it all. Throw in a variety of other niceties here and there, like the brief garage-rock blasts "Undertaker" and "Chinese Burn," and New River Head winds up being a slice of Frond at his high-powered best.

Source: by Ned Raggett on allmusic.com

Tracklist:
Disk 1:
01. The Bevis Frond - Intro [0:20]
02. The Bevis Frond - White Sun [3:29]
03. The Bevis Frond - Drowned [6:57]
04. The Bevis Frond - She's Entitled To [5:01]
05. The Bevis Frond - Waving [3:17]
06. The Bevis Frond - Down In The Well [2:39]
07. The Bevis Frond - New River Head [5:23]
08. The Bevis Frond - Solar Marmalade [8:20]
09. The Bevis Frond - Wild Jack Hammer [5:24]
10. The Bevis Frond - He'd Be A Diamond [2:45]
11. The Bevis Frond - Undertaker [2:12]
12. The Bevis Frond - Stain On The Sun [8:40]
13. The Bevis Frond - It Won't Come Again [6:21]
14. The Bevis Frond - Blurred Vision [6:37]
15. The Bevis Frond - Son Of Many Mothers [3:21]
16. The Bevis Frond - God Speed You To Earth [7:22]

DISC 2:
01. The Bevis Frond - Motherdust [5:31]
02. The Bevis Frond - Cuvie [2:31]
03. The Bevis Frond - Chinese Burn [2:51]
04. The Bevis Frond - Thankless Task [2:59]
05. The Bevis Frond - Miskatonic Variations II, The [16:23]
CD Bonus Tracks:
06. The Bevis Frond - Snow [4:31]
07. The Bevis Frond - My Little Empire [1:28]
08. The Bevis Frond - Cracked Universe [5:16]
09. The Bevis Frond - Stain On The Sun - (demo) [6:53]
10. The Bevis Frond - Ageing Freak [2:45]
11. The Bevis Frond - Drowned - (demo) [5:25]
12. The Bevis Frond - Son Of Many Mothers - (demo) [3:37]
13. The Bevis Frond - Heavy On You [4:25]
14. The Bevis Frond - High In A Flat [7:49]