Sound clips for Second Chants by Sore Eros: on CD at Norman Records UK. CD, Shdwply, SHDWPLY006, £11.59.
What their label says...
SHDWPLY drop another winner, fans of Animal Collective, Panda Bear (etc etc etc)...are going to blow their minds with this....AC might take album of the year with MPP, but Sore Eros will startle people with this album of soulful dream folk, from a field in Conneticut, this could be one of the best things to emerge in 09: highly recommended release from one of our labels of 09!... Sample some choice tracks from the record below. http://bmoremusic.blogspot.com/Also getting a 180 gm limited vinyl reissue to coincide with CD pressing. Sore Eros is the musical brainchild of Robert Robinson and has seen a number of different incarnations over the past decade. Though Robert currently lives in northern Connecticut, he has spent the past five-plus years living in different American cities and collaborating with different musicians. In 2004, Robert moved to L.A. and, through a mutual friend, quickly hooked up with Ariel Pink, who had recently signed with Animal Collective’s Paw Tracks label. Along with John Maus and Gary War, Robert served as a member of Ariel’s backing band for his ensuing European tour. Shortly afterward, he was recruited by Panda Bear (of Animal Collective) to accompany him on his British tour preceding the release of the critically acclaimed 2007 album Person Pitch. Upon returning to the states, Robert moved back to his native Connecticut and rekindled his interest in the Sore Eros project. After writing a number of new songs during the first half of 2008, Robert hit a wall and, looking for inspiration, stumbled upon an old mix tape that a friend had given him years back. That friend happened to be Adam Langellotti, and the tape consisted of recordings he had made in high school. Robert realized this was the sound he was looking for to complement his own and, although they had not been in touch for years, contacted Adam to help flesh out and record the songs he had been working on. The result of this collaboration can be heard on Second Chants, the debut Sore Eros LP, which was released on Shdwply Records on February 14, 2009. Andy Tomasello (of Eat Cloud), who went to high school with Adam, was recently added to the lineup to play drums and work the samples. CDs for UK indie stores come with free 8 track SHDWPLY CD compilation.
