Vitreous

by O Emperor

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Image„Vitreous“, das neue Album von O Emperor aus Waterford, Irland, umfasst neun prägnante Stücke kaum eines länger als dreieinhalb Minuten, die eine fast schon unheimlich Dichte aufweisen. War das Debütalbum „Hither Thither“ noch stark verschiedenen Einflüssen und Traditionen - von The Band über Radiohead bis zu den Beach Boys – verpflichtet, so ist „Vitreous“ O Emperors künstlerisch kompromissloseste, wirkmächtigste und eigenständigste Arbeit geworden. Glich das mit Kritikerlob überhäufte Debüt in Songwriting und Klangbild einem opulenten Gemälde, das auf altmeisterliche Weise mit Tiefe und Schattierungen spielte, so wirkt „Vitreous“ für den Hörer wie eine nüchterne Oberfläche - polychrom und pixelig wie das Display eines frühen Windows-Rechners.

Recorded at Big Skin Studio, the base for the band's label operations, Vitreous is the new album by O Emperor from Waterford, Ireland.
A striking directness permeates the record, though not quite in the sense of a pop record being direct; more like a sort of robotic sincerity, as if a machine were successfully programmed to understand human emotion and the results are streamlined, direct and orderly (though blurred and pixelated by the missing pieces of a realistic grasp of humanity).
While the critically acclaimed debut Hither Thither could be described as a lush tapestry displaying a classical use of depth and shading, Vitreous presents the listener with a starker, polychrome and pixelated picture.

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released June 14, 2013

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tags: folk k&f records experimental indie singer-songwriter Dresden

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