Sandro Perri: Impossible Spaces

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Sandro Perri: Impossible Spaces

Sandro Perri: Impossible Spaces

Sandro Perri’s latest album for Constellation Records, “Impossible Spaces”, is quite nice listening.  Similar in structure to his previous “Tiny Spaces“, but this time, filled out with a large selection of accompanying instruments, in comparison to Spaces simplistic, guitar driven folky tunes.  Perri’s underrated voice goes well over the songs that meander through pleasant instrumental sections that help add color to the album, but don’t go too far as to drag on.  It’s hard for me to come up with a comparison to a similar sounding album, but I think it’s worth a listen for all.  It’s a relatively easy album to listen to.

Perri’s album is available in just about any media you can desire on Constellation’s website.  Additionally, the entire album is available for preview via soundcloud below.

Enjoy.

Impossible Spaces – SANDRO PERRI by Constellation Records

#keebler #Constellation #PostRock

This Town Needs Guns – Adventure, Stamina & Anger

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This is a very short release, two tracks in total.  The first is the title track, clocking at nearly five minutes, it has room to meander without losing direction.  The band has an ability to play with time signatures and pull off melodies and rhythm’s that, while complex, are catchy and easy to groove with.  These Englishmen have always had a vibrant and lively sound.  Even as some lyrics lean towards a more sincere introspection and reflection, they’re delivered with energy and finesse.

There is one bittersweet reality that has to be swallowed with this release.  These are the last recordings to have Stuart Smith on Vocals.  If this is your first exposure to this band, you’ll need to check out some older material if you’d like to hear more.  I’d recommend their self-titled (a compilation of older EP/split/otherwise unreleased material) before their full-length, Animals.

This band’s got soul.

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The Weeknd – Echoes of Silence

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I first heard of Canadian artist The Weeknd [yes, it’s spelt without the third ‘e’]  on twitter one night, seeing that ‘Dirty Diana’ was trending. So I went and had a listen to the guy’s cover of it, not knowing whether to expect a remix, cover or general mickey-take. I tripped over the ‘mixtape’ Echoes of Silence, offered free of charge. 

The aforementioned cover opens a nine-track ‘mixtape’ as it is being referred to all over the internets. Certainly not a bad set of songs whatever you desire to call it. It’s a rollercoaster-cum-ghost train of a ride, via reverberating piano ballads, satanic frat parties and more than a pinch of the late Mr Jackson.

XO/The Host and Initiation exude dark like some kind of anti-lightbulb. Singer Abel Tesfaye’s voice is at odds juxtaposed against the dark, occasionally ethereal noises he’s produced but it somehow works. XO/The Host sparkles with a ghostly carousel organ, but for me Initiation really stands out. With Tesfaye’s words on hedonistic addiction twisted and vocoderised, it brings to mind an evil-dark approximation of N*E*R*D’s video forLapdance, shot with torches, dark corners and even darker deeds.

Conversely, Montreal has more of an 80s feel to it whilst the dial tones of Same Old Song bring to mind Mike Shinoda’s remix of Enjoy The Silence. There’s a definite amount of tonal variation on the album- you couldn’t accuse it of being ‘samey’ in the slightest.

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Site update.

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Ok, well as you have probably noticed we have been making some updates to atpr’s homepage.  We’re going to start posting reviews of albums (since we’re already doing that) and then link to the actual thread discussion on atpr.  What I am interested in is finding some writers who want to start posting reviews they’ve previously written or start writing new reviews to recent releases.  Either way, get in touch with me HERE.  Once you PM me I’ll discuss what requirements we’re looking to have in our reviews and we’ll go from there.

Just so everyone is clear:  THERE WILL BE NO DOWNLOAD LINKS POSTED IN REVIEWS.  We will be posting links to purchase the release and posting soundcloud tracks to listen to.

Oh yeah, if you look to the left or up top you’ll see some ugly genres.  Genres are stupid and realistically you know where the review you’re looking for fits in.  You can also search up at the top.

ANYWAYS, let me know if you have any questions/complaints via PM.  Thanks.

-thekillingtree.