Arcana - As Bright As A Thousand Suns - VINYL LP

Double vinyl LP pressing. 2010 album from the multi-platinum Alt Rockers. For months, they had been destroying and rebuilding the band. The experiments that resulted filled the studio hard drive with diverse, abstract sounds. Amorphous echoes, cacophonous samples, and handmade staccato merged into wandering, elusive melody. Sitting together in the same studio where they made their first album, all six members voiced a commitment to going out on a limb, to making something truly daring. A Thousand Suns grapples with the personal cycle of pride, destruction, and regret. In life, like in dreams, this sequence is not always linear. And, sometimes, true remorse penetrates the devastating cycle. The hope, of course, springs from the notion that the possibility of change is born in our most harrowing moments. Album Tracks 1. The Requiem 2. The Radiance 3. Burning in the Skies 4. Empty Spaces 5. When They Come for Me [Explicit] 6. Robot Boy 7. Jornada Del Muerto 8. Waiting for the End 9. Blackout [Explicit] 1. Wretches and Kings 2. Wisdom, Justice, and Love 3. Iridescent 4. Fallout 5. The Catalyst 6. The Messenger

Sunda Arc are brothers Nick Smart and Jordan Smart, best known as two-thirds of jazz-influenced minimalists Mammal Hands. Sunda Arc channels Nick and Jordan's love of electronic and dance music, without losing any of their deep musicality. Drawing on techno, electronica, neo-classical and post-rock influences, Sunda Arc compose and perform using both electronic and acoustic instruments, including analogue synthesisers, home-made software patches, piano, saxophones and bass clarinet - all finessed and channelled through their own unique creative strategies. Integrating electronic elements and experimentation with the expressiveness and energy of acoustic instruments and live performance, Sunda Arc's music is expansive and compelling. InchWe wanted 'Night Lands' to be an exciting listen, deliberately keeping some elements under control and having other elements of the tracks feeling like they were on the edge of tipping over into being pretty chaotic. There was also the idea of generally keeping the drums and bass pretty heavy sounding when they kick in, imaging how they would sound over a big system and then holding back and focusing on melody and texture when they weren't needed.Inch

Album Tracks 1. Sunshine & Shadows 2. I Was Once 3. Temporary Serenade 4. She Promises Everything 5. Well, Well, Well 6. You Had Better Listen 7. Round Once Again 8. Walk on the Sand 9. Rubbish 10. Please Don't Go Now