Land of Talk - Applause Cheer Boo Hiss: The Definitive - VINYL LP

Lizzie Powell has always been a risk-taker. As the creative force behind the influential Canadian outfit Land of Talk, the Montreal-based songwriter has over the past 15 years amassed a catalog of four unimpeachable albums that stretch the boundaries of indie rock. But Performances, their fifth LP, feels like a total reinvention an unflinching statement from an artist who's not afraid to say how they feel. Though it trades muscular guitar rock for understated piano, it's still the most urgent, cathartic, and personal of Powell's career so far. InchIt's the weirdest, mightiest little record I've made since I used to write music on my four-track when I was 14,Inch says Powell. InchI needed to make a love letter to my teenage self by being more vulnerable and doing all the production myself.Inch Here, they doggedly value their own intuition over anything else to make their most rewarding album yet. Performances is a defiant and resonant blow against expectations and outside pressure. It's an LP showcasing an artist without constraints and allowing themself to be radically honest. InchThe album title is very literal,Inch says Powell. InchI'm performing what's in my brain but I'm tired of performing femininity for the music industry, femininity in my life, respectability, and vulnerability. I'm trying to grow out of these and break out of these roles in my life.Inch Powell's fearlessness as a songwriter has already led to Land of Talk boasting an unmistakably essential discography but with this album, they find the perfect opportunity to give themself the grace to truly double down on their own vital sensibilities. They usher the songs every step of the way from demoing to producing, imbuing each track with immense care and unfiltered feeling. InchThis is me reclaiming Land of Talk as it always has been.Inch1. Intro (high bright high)2. Your Beautiful Self3. Fluorescent

Vinyl LP pressing. 2020 . Indistinct Conversations follows 2017's acclaimed Life After Youth-at the time Land of Talk's first album in seven years. The saw praise from Pitchfork, Paste, The AV Club, and NPR Music, among others. All 11 songs on Indistinct Conversations were written by Elizabeth Powell (vocals/guitar/keys), and share the hallmarks of the Land of Talk sound her silvery vocals; masterful, at times cacophonous guitar playing; and a stream-of-conscious lyricism-here perhaps at her most emotionally vulnerable and honest. Powell produced and arranged the tracks together with her bandmates Mark InchBuckyInch Wheaton (drums/keys) and Christopher McCarron (bass), and the trio recorded the album in a studio built by McCarron in Wheaton's apartment basement.

GROENLAND RECORDS HARMONIA / DELUXE [50th Anniversary Edition ORANGE VINYL] InchWhen Harmonia made an album, it was about more than just music. It was about a vision. Deluxe, released in 1975, was the band's second album. Instead of pure sound experiments, this album focused more on structure, melody, and rhythm. Harmonia showed a new side of themselves - more accessible musically, without losing any of their depth. - 50 years later, Deluxe is being released in a special anniversary edition - as a high-quality gatefold with previously unreleased photographic material and on orange vinyl, inspired by the artwork of the original pressing. This edition is not only interesting for collectors, but for anyone who wants to understand why artists such as Brian Eno and David Bowie counted Harmonia among their most important influences - and why Deluxe is still considered a blueprint for electronic music today. Brian Eno himself once called Harmonia Inchthe world's most important rock bandInch- an assessment that could hardly better underscore how visionary this music was then and still is today.Inch - David Stubbs Future Days Krautrock and the Building of Modern Germany.