I remember a while back I had my eye on some Pan American album or other but I never got around to a purchase and I can't say it's something I've ever cried myself to sleep over. Perhaps it's because I've always found them to be almost the definitive solid Kranky band, all their releases are good but I don't think any of them are spectacular. White Bird Release is the same sort of deal based on the limited time we've had to listen to it, their perfectly honed drone is difficult to criticize but by the same token nothing in it ever really grabs me and shakes my bon bon. It's post-rock with a smothering of rich, droney ambience.. DEAL WITH IT.
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Sound clips for White Bird Release by Pan American: on CD at Norman Records UK. CD, Kranky, KRANK128, £12.09.
* The sixth album from Labradford member Mark Nelsonís longtime solo project Pan American follows the acclaimed Quiet City album on Kranky, and more recently the For Waiting, For Chasing release on the Mosz label.
* White Bird Release constitutes a further enrichment of the elegiac ambience andnoise for which this project has become known, offering a unique perspective on the spaces between moments, the drift of modern life taken out of time and examined in intimate detail.
* Beautifully packaged in a cardboard gatefold sleeve
* Tracklisting: 1. There Can Be No Thought Of Finishing 2. For Aiming At The Stars 3. Both Literally And Figuratively 4. Is A Problem To Occupy Generations 5. So That No Matter 6. How Much Progress One Makes 7. There Is Always The Thrill Of Just Beginning 8. Dr. Robert Godard 9. In A Letter To H.G. Wells, 1932
Other items by Pan American
360 Business Pan American Double LP (vinyl), £14.39
360 Business Pan American Double LP (vinyl), £16.99
