Formats
SHDWPLY019 - LP
N/AAGIT004 - CD
5060174951527
Details
Second album of amazing pop from Sore Eros, a split label release, limited vinyl pressing on SHDWPLY, and CD pressing on AGITATED; With Know Touching, Sore Eros have crafted a record that is simultaneously dense and soothingly melodic, fulfilling the considerable promise of their debut, 2009's Second Chants. For this record, the band (Robert Robinson and Adam Langellotti) made a conscious departure from its debut, recording the album direct to a ? inch 8 track reel-to-reel without the aid of computers. From this the band emerged with a record that blooms with melody and innocent joy that bring to mind such similarly spaced out artists as Atlas Sound and Kurt Vile. When patched together, this detailed attention to arrangement and dreamy melodic sensibilities combine to make Know Touching an effortlessly beautiful record. "People said a lot of the songs [on Second Chants] sounded like I was singing from a room down the hall, this time we wanted it to sound like I was whispering in your ear. This began to give the record a little bit of a creepy feel, however Adam's arrangements on the record countered that creepiness with more of a playful and innocent feel" - Robert FIRST 500 CDs come with a bonus disc, featuring 25 minutes of exclusive material. INDIE Stores only
Tracks
1. Shake the Walls
2. Giraffe?s Kiss
3. Tongue Tied
4. Make it Louder
5. Fooled Me
6. Just a Cloud
7. Pull My Hair
8. Running Down
9. Yellow Dress
10. Deep Aside
11. Levitate
12. Lay Back
Press
UK Pr by GOLDSTAR (yeasayer / sharon van etten / swans):
?The creative power bursting out of Second Chants is surely a sign that this force is not something that can be confined to even a healthy handful of LPs.? ? Tinymixtapes
??If "Shake the Walls" is any indicator, Know Touching may be a further exploration of the psychedelic sounds Sore Eros have been harvesting in Connecticut for a few years, and surely a welcome follow up to the phenomenal Second Chants.? ? Chocolate Bobka