Formats
SB136 - LP
655030113611
Details
That Alastair Galbraith should return to the Siltbreeze fold (responsible for his debut LP, Morse, in 1993) for his latest release seems practically tailor-made. But while Morse followed traditional avenues of rugged folk narrative tinged with psychedelic foxing, Mass is an unchartered, one-way trip through a world of ritual. Consisting of 22 tracks, this new album runs the gamut from mysterious beauty to just plain mysterious. Broken guitars, percussive loops, backwards tracking, a (homemade) glass harmonium, lullabies, bagpipe thievery and the odd bit of fighting talk are just some of the many bricks laid here, with Galbraith himself as the mortar and Amiel Balester, Michael Kohler and David Kilgour providing assistance here and there. Mass is an expansive whopper prepared to go anywhere and do anything to get there. Latest album from New Zealand musician with past releases on Flying Nun, Xpressway, Emperor Jones Includes free digital download coupon
Tracks
1. Concentrate (w/ Amiel Balester)
2. Mongolian Rhapsody
3. Trees
4. Richard Pearse Flying Down
the Opihi River in 1903
5. Poem for Moondog
6. Trees of Albert Park
7. Prime Numbers
8. Bridge of Burning Bubblegum
9. Tin Town
10. Kyrie Eleison
11. Stolen and Broken
12. Money Is So Sad
13. Like the Bitter Rind of a Cucumber
14. Bird in a Glass Forest
15. Kakistocracy
16. Ship?s Bells Otago Museum
17. Ford K (w/ David Kilgour)
18. Happy Summer
19. Newborn
20. Drawing Space Underwater
(w/ Michael Kohler)
21. Mansfield Story 22. Local Sleep Temple
Press
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