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The Earlies are an American/English collective who produce the kind of music you’d expect Brian Wilson to create if he was just starting out today. Their 2004 album ‘These Were The Earlies’ is a sumptuous trawl through dreamlike soundscapes that recalls Spiritualized, Neil Young and even Phil Spector at their most blissed out. A mesmerizing record from a truly awesome band. . Names/Warner. 2004.
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These Were...The Earlies is that rare sort of album that defies easy categorisation, embraced by fans of both indie music and dance music. The Earlies' music is a hodge-podge of sounds and infl
Album Description
The Earlies are an American/English collective who produce the kind of music you’d expect Brian Wilson to create if he was just starting out today. Their 2004 album ‘These Were The Earlies’ is a sumptuous trawl through dreamlike soundscapes that recalls Spiritualized, Neil Young and even Phil Spector at their most blissed out. A mesmerizing record from a truly awesome band. . Names/Warner. 2004.
From Amazon.co.uk
These Were...The Earlies is that rare sort of album that defies easy categorisation, embraced by fans of both indie music and dance music. The Earlies' music is a hodge-podge of sounds and influences, combining subtle electronics and clever samples with lush instrumentation--from oboes and flutes to pianos and cellos--and layered vocals. But the album is no overblown experiment in studio magic. The four members of the Earlies, with a huge, revolving roster of musical co-conspirators, combine all of these things into beautiful and affecting pop, though of a slightly skewed variety. The influence of both Brian Wilson and early, pre-breakthrough Mercury Rev looms large over These Were..., mixed with a more contemporary awareness of the electronic music of Boards of Canada, Manitoba and Mum. The overall effect is an album that is wholly exhilarating, with songs that both soothe and soar, ranging from the blissfully chilled "One of Us Is Dead" to the country psychedelia of "Morning Wonder" to "The Devil's Country", which sounds like a spaghetti-western collaboration between Giant Sand and Ennio Morricone. This is organic chill-out music, to be sure, but the Earlies are never less than totally engaging. --Robert Burrow
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Manufacturer: Secretly Canadian
Release date: 25 October 2005
EAN: 0656605013725 UPC: 656605013725
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