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BM008CD - CD
5065001747106
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Pascal Babare was born in southern Australia, his mother a singer and his father the first gangster to join the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Raised in and out of ashrams on a diet of Pet Sounds and droning chant, Pascal helped care for his first mentor, a camel named Jinglebaba, whilst listening to 2-Pac and devising uniquely horrific ways to kill insects. Wondering what it all meant, he wrote to Brian Wilson, who told him to focus on his heart's vibrations in a letter he keeps close to this day. A drummer in his pre-teens, Pascal starting picking up instruments he found in his house until the banging expanded to encompass guitars, harmoniums, birds and thighs, finding its way into the sublime chunks of warm, rickety pop committed to tape and released on cassette as ‘Thunderclap Spring’ in November 2009. With his sophomore album ‘Sorry, Morning’, Pascal Babare presents a beguiling set of fluid yet unpredictable pop songs that touch simultaneously upon the majesty of The Flaming Lips, the whispered beauty of Sufjan Stevens, the clattering rhythm poems of Microphones and the psychotropic flux of Animal Collective. From the languidly beautiful 'Insomnia' to the bright, propulsive 'Family Hands', to the immediate, assured pop of 'Heaven Clubs' a ‘Sorry, Morning’ is a generous and enveloping listen built around uncommonly handsome songs rich in originality and lo- fi charm. These are songs possessed of a looseness, a lightness and a song writing alchemy that belies its creator's 25 years and announces a major talent and slacker super star in waiting. The album is packaged in a deluxe reverse board gatefold featuring artwork by Pascal and a fold out poster.
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Thunderclap Spring garnered some praise:
BBC Music - "an auspicious debut with the sense of a pull toward cult greatness";
The Line Of Best Fit "an inspired work that often borders on genius";
Clash Magazine "a wonderfully charming rainy-day record that is sumptuously rich as it is subtle and organic".
Music OMH - "a stunning debut from an exciting talent."
NME - Pascal's formidable cover of Joy Division's 'Ceremony' became one of NME's tracks of the week in November 2009