Patrick Wolf - Libertine - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Gatefold CD packaging. Includes two bonus tracks. With his 7th album, Crying The Neck, 41-year-old multi-instrumentalist and composer Patrick Wolf has created a confident, uplifting and hopeful record inspired by the transfiguring power of grief at the death of his mother, folklore, the Kentish landscape, and the state of England. On this album, Patrick brings in longtime friends Zola Jesus, Serafina Steer and Seb Rochford to provide guest appearances. Album Tracks 1. Reculver 2. Limbo 3. The Last of England 4. Jupiter 5. On Your Side 6. Oozlum 7. Dies Irae 8. The Curfew Bell 9. Lughnasa 10. Song of the Scythe 11. Better or Worse 12. Hymn of the Haar 13. Foreland 14. Untitled 15. The Curfew Bell / Lughnasa [Instrumental] 16. Foreland [Instrumental]

Album Tracks 1. Empty Chairs 2. Crippled for 3. Arch & Effort 4. In Debt 5. Advice 6. Marring the Frame 7. Unearned 8. Headline 9. Peel-House 10. Presume

Phelan's third full-length places an emphasis on the guttural. He's much less guarded than on previous records. There's no lack of desperation in these new songs, yet a hopeful tone is maintained throughout. Balance is the key. Emotion is the lock. Simplicity is the door. The songs aren't crowded by unnecessary words or sounds, but Phelan also steers InchCostInch from tipping too far in the minimalist direction, thanks in part to a bevy of guitar solos and an abundance of true rock moments. Contributors include Greta Brinkman (Moby's bassist) and Camper Van Beethoven's Jonathan Segel. For fans of Elliott Smith, Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto, and Marc Ribot. Album Tracks 1. In Words 2. Favor 3. Ruin 4. Sails Descending 5. Lesser Laws 6. In View 7. Settlements 8. Through the Bedroom Wall 9. We Forgive Our Son 10. Then Trust 11. Fall