DELUXE EDITION CLEAR COLOURED VINYL LP + SIGNED HAND FINISHED PRINT in SPECIAL PVC SLEEVE & DOWNLOAD
Label: [PIAS] – PIASR1165LP, Play It Again Sam – PIASR1165LP
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Deluxe Edition, Clear
Country: Europe
Released: 12 Jun 2020
Genre: Rock, Pop
Style: Alternative Rock, Indie Pop
A1 Milk Breath 3:16
A2 Blood Sugar 3:36
A3 Safe In Sound 4:25
A4 St. Thomas' 3:17
A5 Takes A Village 3:44
B1 Moon's Opera 3:06
B2 All The Things 3:49
B3 Blame Or Love Or Nothing 3:09
B4 None Too Tough 3:35
B5 Summer Clothes 3:59
B6 Dream 2:55
Orlando Weeks, former frontman with Maccabees, releases his debut solo album A Quickening. As the birth of Orlando Weeks’ son drew near, he wanted to try to make sense of an experience that is both ordinary and extraordinary at the same time. The result is A Quickening, an album that tells the story from the point of view of a prospective father-to-be, a figure both vital to the story and yet also somewhat removed, in awe of what the mother goes through and often helpless to do anything about it.
“I was trying to find a course through something that happens all the time, but still feels exceptional,” Weeks says. "A baby is born every minute, and yet the experience of becoming a parent - and the way it promises to change your life - is unprecedented".
Weeks’ voice shimmers as it expresses feelings of love, fear and wonder that are overwhelming but still delicate. Drums trip, woodwind and brass can be heard, piano lines run in and out, vocals layer and guitars are few and far between. This is not the indie rock and roll that some may have predicted.You might think of Talk Talk. You might think of Robert Wyatt. You might think of Radiohead or Bon Iver. You might think of the wonder of Kate Bush. You might think of Lambchop’s late career electronic turn, replacing in that case Kurt Wagner’s Nashville-inflected fragments with Orlando’s chiming and pure delivery, served up by way of South London.
A Quickening was created with the help of Weeks’ old friend Nic Nell, who produced, engineered and mixed the album. The pair collaborated on the music that accompanied Weeks’ 2012 graphic novel, ‘Young Colossus’. Nell also runs the label Algebra Records and makes music under the name Casually Here. The album also highlights select performances from members of Weeks’ live band: Caruso (drums on ‘Blame Or Love Or Nothing’ and ‘All The Things’), Sami El-Enany (piano on ‘Takes A Village’ and ‘Summer Clothes’), and Will Petherbridge (the freewheeling solo on ‘St Thomas’’).
Both vinyl formats include download code.
Deluxe Limited edition LP is on heavyweight clear vinyl with a signed and hand finished print in a special PVC sleeve and download card.