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STARS OF THE LID - The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid

Format: do-CD Label & Cat.Number: Kranky 050 Release Year: 2001 Note: "kings of the lullaby drone" digipack Price (incl. 19% VAT): €16.00 Warning: Currently we do not have this album in stock! More Info Sphärisch-schöner guitar-drone ambient mit viel Einsatz von Viola, für Fans von ULTRASOUND z.B. wie geschaffen !! “ Nocturnal lullaby giants Stars Of The Lid return with their most audacious and expansive work to date. 'The Tired Sounds...' finds the duo of Brian McBride and Adam Wiltzie continuing the trend towards the overt melodic structures seen on the 'Avec Laudanum' album. Stars Of The Lid are not about outer space, they are about inner space.” [press-release] "Epic double cd masterpiece from Austin, Texas' kings of the lullaby drone. Stars of the Lid's sound, while similar to past efforts, has undergone some pretty dramatic changes. Their multi-layered 4-tracked guitars are still present in all their serene beauty and dark tranquility, but the sound is more lush and more detailed, with treated strings, organs, backwards tubular bells and field recordings adding even more depth to this already layered and impossible-to-grasp-in-one-listen recording. 'Tired Sounds...' is easily the Stars' most obviously melodic record, thanks in no small part to the addition of strings, horns and piano. Dreamy nocturnal slow motion drones are the glorious backdrop to the ebb and flow of dark sonic swells and soaring strings. While lots of 'drone' music sounds sinister and threatening, and often clinical and cold, the Stars manage to imbue their minimal soundscapes with warmth and humanity, and a sort of hope and joy. When the mood does change, it's more melancholic, lost, maybe lonely, never evil. Really human, organic emotions brilliantly conveyed through sound. So much avant / experimental music is technical and electronic, but the shimmering ambience of the guitars and the grit and grime of the recording, as well as the perfect arrangements make this music transcend its contemporaries, filling your ears with thick slow sound, until it slowly spreads through your whole body. Think Angus Maclise, Terry Riley, Brian Eno, Low, Alan Lamb's wire recordings, Pauline Oliveros' deep listening recordings, a more pastoral Skullflower, a more idyllic Total, John Cale, Godspeed You Black Emperor, the harmonium works of Hermann Nitsch, or Tony Conrad. But mix in those magic (non-academic) ingredients (rock background, songs, melodies) and you have probably one of the most beautiful recordings we have ever heard." [Aquarius Records]