Bitch Falcon - Starting At Clocks - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Pete Sears - Watchfire [COMPACT DISCS] date 11/06/2015

Schubert's three Sonatas for Violin and Fortepiano, Op. 137, may nod to Mozart in their delicacy, but their spirit is firmly rooted in the early Romantic imagination. Written in 1816, they seem to inhabit the intimate world of Lieder, where song-like melodies and expressive dialogues between violin and piano take centre stage. Violinist Peter Hanson and fortepianist Andrew Arthur bring these works to life on period instruments, revealing the subtle textures and nuanced interplay that modern pianos often obscure. Hanson's phrasing echoes the expressive lyricism of Schubert's vocal writing, while Arthur's fortepiano-modelled on an early 19th-century Walther & Sohn-illuminates the sonatas' delicate, shifting colours. This recording invites us to experience Schubert's Sonatas as a cycle, as they may have been heard in a Viennese salon a journey from charm to melancholy, from innocence to reflection, all shaped by the ephemeral beauty of song.

Mascot Records is proud to announce the self-titled debut studio album from NYC rockers, King Falcon. King Falcon's fresh, ultra-catchy songwriting sensibility melds edgy rock swagger with indie-rock adventurousness, recalling artists such as the Black Keys, Jack White, Cage the Elephant, The Strokes, Royal Blood, and the The Killers. The album brims with garage guitar riffage, power pop choruses, soulfully melodic lead vocals, and vibrant indie-rock atmospherics. Produced by Marshall Altman (Tom Morello, Frank Ballard, Matt Nathanson) and mixed by 12-time Grammy-nominated mixing engineer and producer Mark Needham (The Killers, Imagine Dragons, Fleetwood Mac), 'King Falcon' represents a powerful story of friendship, self-growth, and the courage to go after a rock n' roll fantasy.