KELLEY STOLTZ - 'IN TRIANGLE TIME'

Formats

• CF060 - LP

  814867020213

• CF060CD - CD

  814867020220

• CF060B - LP (COLOURED)

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AVAILABLE ON BLACK & COLOURED VINYL Silver-tongued songsmith and true American treasure Kelley Stoltz presents a new collection of instant classics with just a hint more synthery than 2013’s Double Exposure. For those not yet in the fan club, Kelley’s like a Ray Davies / Brian Wilson / Tom Petty power pop Cerebus from another dimension where well placed tambourines, handclaps, and wry observations are a universal language. Criminally under-appreciated, Kelley’s face should be on Amoeba-bucks for his contributions to the pop canon—the black-lipstick-smeared stand-out and lead-off track “Cut Me Baby” could be his walk-on music for the acceptance speech. Each track here leaps off the table with Kelley’s carefully considered wit and expertly layered arrangements. His innate way around a sticky hook and no shortage of tasty studio flourishes will bring out the listener’s inner record nerd, guaranteed. It’s got a little glam in it and it’s out on Castle Face in November.

Tracks

1. Cut Me Baby
2. Jona
3. Crossed Mind Blues
4. You?re Not Ice
5. Star Cluster
6. Pyramid of Time
7. Fictional Girl
8. The Hill
9. Litter Love
10. Wobbly
11. Heart Full of Rain
12. Destroyers & Drones

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Premiered on MOJO here: http://www.mojo4music.com/21610/preview-kelley-stoltz-in-triangle-time/

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Formats

• CF067 - 2xLPs

  814867020107

• CF067CD - CD

  814867020114

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“I think of this record as kind of a ‘Tim Presley reads his book on tape,’ the story of life in Los Angeles flowing like the low moisture river that it is. The start is uphill, long and slow, and you ponder when you will be spat out onto the straight away. By the time ‘Clean It Glen’ kicks in, your hands are sweating, and then you are there and it is glassy and wonderfully repetitive, repetitive, repetitive. Lights are flashing, cars are passing. There is synthesized wild life here—blips that are winged, crackles that are slithering through the digital grass. Echo ripples across a chrome topped body of water. You catch a glimpse of yourself in a store-that-sells-something window. “Beats are the staccato lines on the road being eaten by the undercarriage of the vehicle that whips through this world. Guitars are trash and debris; acid. A headphone record at its primal best, far out and geographically odd. Every time I play this someone asks, ‘what the hell is this?’ I say, ‘W-X, dig in. Best to listen to it in its entirety.’ A vast 20-course experience served on twin platters; a carnival; a far cry from White Fence and yet still the scent lingers on the fingers. He told me I would hate this repeatedly and I replied that it is my favorite masterpiece of his (of which there are many). This record looks through to the matrix of Tim’s songsmith genius, don’t forget to blink. “For fans of early Soft Machine, The Fall, The Tronics, general clutter, disarray and Faust.” —John Dwyer

Tracks

1. Intro
2. The Lurk
3. Steer Clear
4. Running From the Dogs
5. Copping in the Afternoon
6. If Someone Hears That
7. Restless Leg 8. Extortion
9. Dancing Lips
10. Brazilian Worm Band
11. Moment
12. Two Peaceful Death Birds
13. Clean It Glen
14. Desert Temple Players
15. Trap Deal Part 1 16. Trap Part 2
17. Trap Part 3 18. Sacri-Face
19. The Saddest Lyrics I Have Ever Written
20. Hermit Stomp (Simple Times)

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