Beak>: >>> (Geoff Barrow) Vinyl LP - PRE-ORDER

Vendor: Beak> Type: _music-ROCK Price: 19.95

Pre-Order Notes + Order Instructions This item is scheduled to ship Late September 2018 (subject to change) If you want to order additional items with a pre-order item, please make separate orders (1 order with pre-order item, 1 order with everything else) If there is a delay, we will contact you directly all pre-orders come with Turntable Lab stickers Okay… gonna choose my words carefully here because for some reason I feel like our review for the first Beak> record was slightly misinterpreted by Geoff Barrow (yo GB… we like the record!!). 7 years have passed since Barrow & co.’s stirring second album, and we were just starting to get restless before those lush reissues of Beak> and >> touched down. Fittingly, they’ve signed to Temporary Residence (home of William Basinski, Mogwai and Mono) in North America and are finally releasing a follow-up to >> (titled >>>, natch). “Brean Down” features a more confident Barrow than we’ve ever heard him before as a singer - the vocals are way up in the mix, and they’ve even been tamed into somewhat of a traditional verse / chorus structure. Paired with a characteristically sparse arrangement of shrieking guitar, doomsday bassline and Barrow’s militant drum kit, there’s no indication that Beak> have abandoned their mission to make the perfect modern krautrock record. But where Can cut the sinister atmosphere of Ege Bamyasi with enough playful innocence to still be enjoyed on drugs, Beak> are simply preparing us for the apocalypse. Lead single “Allé Sauvage” is total cosmic dread, with Will Young’s coarse synth arpeggios and the rhythm section of Barrow and Billy Fuller slowly conjuring a mushroom cloud of sound that’s just as tense and cinematic as any of their soundtrack work. Even the album cover (full color!) depicts a HazMat-suited Barrow leaning out of the bomb shelter to tell Fuller and Young “GET IN” (just our interpretation). Who knows, after the world ends, this could be a pop record. Recommended. black vinyl pressing release date: 09/21/18 tracklist: 1. The Brazilian 2. Brean Down 3. Birthday Suit 4. Harvester 5. Allé Sauvage 6. Tesco 7. King of the Castle 8. RSI 9. Abbots Leigh 10. When We Fall music label: Temporary Residence Limited 2018 reviewed by carparts, bottles & cutlery 05/2018

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