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Matthew Ryan - From A Late Night High Rise[2007]@256

Tracklist:

01. Follow The Leader
02. And Never Look Back
03. Babybird
04. Gone For Good
05. Providence
06. Misundercould
07. Everybody Always Leaves
08. All Lit Up
09. Love Is The Silencer
10. Victory Waltz
11. June Returns For July
12. The Complete Family

"From the first wave of symphonic keyboards to the last utterance of good advice from some accidental RF, From A Late Night High Rise is a masterful rumination on mortality and morality. It's an epic to behold. Matthew Ryan has wandered around the edges for years now. You get the feeling he doesn't care much for anything that resembles a hollow victory. He's clearly chosen the hard way. From major to small to indie labels to DIY and back again; he's continued to follow some stubborn compass that keeps him quietly searching for his version of perfect weather in a song. Looking more and more like a young John F. Kennedy, he may have found it. From A Late Night High Rise is a movie without film, it's a novel without a book. It's absolutely beautiful, precise and unflinching. It's music that glows like a city from high up in an airplane- first appearing alien, then blooming completely human. Shaken by the sentencing of his brother to 30 years in prison and the death of a dear friend, Ryan took to recording and writing songs on his Korg D16 Porta Studio to cope with his grief. "Follow The Leader," "Gone for Good," "Love Is The Silencer," "Victory Waltz" and "The Complete Family" were all recorded at home. Those recordings were the seeds that would become From A Late Night High Rise. Eventually, Ryan took what he had to Neilson Hubbard's studio. At the time, Ryan and Hubbard were compatriots in a side-project called Strays Don't Sleep. It was there that Ryan and Hubbard sculpted and fine-tuned the sonic emotionalism that implores From A Late Night High Rise into such a cohesive thread. Other members of Strays Don't Sleep came in from to time to contribute as well - Brian Bequette offered some of his signature distorted beauty on guitar, while Steve Latanation and Billy Mercer (Strays Don't Sleep's rhythm section) brought their rock and rumble to tracks that begged for something a bit more desperate (most notably: "Misundercould" and "Love Is The Silencer"). Ryan recruited Kate York to be the heroine to speak; she had contributed beautifully to the Ryan penned and sung Strays Don't Sleep underground hit "For Blue Skies." Since these songs were of the same cloth, Ryan wanted York to play the female lead again. And York's voice delivers here with an ease and resonance that is masterful. In many ways From A Late Night High Rise is a song cycle, or dare I say, a concept record. But like all great stories it blurs around the edges and deals in an intimate universality that allows for interpretation. The "I" and the "You" in these songs become anyone, maybe even everyone. It goes from bravely autobiographical (particularly in the spoken word cinema of "The Complete Family"), to beautifully impressionistic ("Everybody Always Leaves") without ever interrupting its flow. Even a cover of Grant McClennan and Steven Kilby's sublime "Providence" eases by like a sibling to Ryan's compositions. All the more amazing is how the music forms an arc along with the story. From lush, precise arrangements to DIY utilitarianism, nothing interrupts the story. It's impossible to distill such a cohesive rumination on mortality and morality for you. Give From A Late Night High Rise a focused listen. Let it wash over you, follow the story like you would a great movie's plot, and be surprised by the hard-won beauty and optimism that the ending offers."

Un autre très bon CD de Matthew Ryan

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Matthew Ryan - Matthew Ryan Vs. The Silver State[2008]@vbr

Tracklist:

01. Dulce Et Decorum Est
02. American Dirt
03. Meet Me By The River
04. It Could ve Been Worse
05. Hold On Firefly
06. Jane, I Still Feel The Same
07. Killing The Ghost
08. They Were Wrong
09. I Only Want To Be The Man You Want
10. Drunk and Disappointed
11. Closing In

Pour la plupart des fans de Matthew Ryan, sans doute son meilleur CD. Recommandé..

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The Clientele - Bonfires On The Heath[2009]@320

Tracklist:

01. I Wonder Who We Are
02. Bonfires on the Heath
03. Harvest Time
04. Never Anyone But You
05. Jennifer & Julia
06. Sketch
07. Tonight
08. Share the Night
09. I Know I'll See Your Face
10. Never Saw them before
11. Graven Wood
12. Walking in the Park

"Bonfires on the Heath is a return to the Clientele's roots; the dreamlike suburban landscapes first encountered in the early singles, their trippy sense of menace stronger now. Back in London, they've drawn on older traditions of English folk, which exist here side by side with the band's more familiar bossa and pop elements. Mel Draisey's contributions on piano and violin add beautifully to MacLean's timeless, eerie songs. Instantly identifiable, the Clientele sound like no one else, although they are cited as an influence by bands as diverse as Spoon and the Fleet Foxes."

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The Pantones - Inside The Sun's Wild Flame[2009]@vbr

Track List:

01. Circus Freaks
02. Sparrow In the Street
03. Keeping You Alive
04. Nightingale
05. Leaves In June
06. You've Lost the Sun
07. Less of Me
08. Back To My Old Ways Again
09. A Thousand Yards
10. Too Tired To Fight
11. History Rewritten
12. Welcome To the Desert

"An inventive display of americana indie pop with hints of the Beach Boys harmonies and the storytelling of the Kinks.
“Inside the Sun’s Wild Flame” is the newest album from The Pantones, a cohesive cadre of songs heavy with rock and roll rhythms, precocious guitars, and brit-pop melodies. The same great song writing that critics noted in “Sleepless Nights, Silent Mornings” is still present, but is complemented here with more lavish arrangements, smart guitars, and a keen sense of the back beat."

Des critiques élogieuses pour ce second CD des Pantones. C'est vrai que c'est d'une écoute très agréable.

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Travis - An Evening with Fran Healy & Andy Dunlop[2009]@vbr

Tracklist :

01. 20                                             5:53
02. 'Come To Scotland'                             2:23
03. Turn                                           4:24
04. 'The Volume Dealers'                           1:57
05. All I Want To Do Is Rock                       3:53
06. 'Let It Out And Let It In'                     1:18
07. Falling Down                                   3:54
08. 'Israel'                                       1:55
09. Last Laugh Of The Laughter                     4:27
10. 'New Flag'                                     0:55
11. Why Does It Always Rain On Me                  4:12
12. 'Nigel Godrich'                                5:32
13. Flowers In The Window                          3:46
14. 'Nora'                                         1:27
15. Sing                                           3:41
16. 'You Decide'                                   1:37
17. Side                                           4:04
18. 'Jake Gyllenhaal'                              1:38
19. Love Will Come Through                         3:45
20. 'Clay'                                         1:36
21. My Eyes                                        4:27
22. Before You Were Young                          3:53
23. Holiday                                        3:41

Notes:

Un CD sympa vendu par Travis au cours de sa tournée nord-américaine. Des versions acoustiques de quelque-uns de leurs succès, et entre chaque chanson des présentations parfois marrantes (les pistes avec des '  ').

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