STARS OF THE LID are back after a long hiatus with a brand new 2CD (vinyl to follow). And Their Refinement Of The Decline sees them in total blistering form. Well as far as Stars of The Lid could ever blister..... it's just about the most breathtaking ambient moving music you'll hear this side of the River Wharf. It's well floaty.... it's like floating in space.....gravity doesn't exist and you're drifting in and out of consciousness as you're surrounded by the blackness..... That's before a comet comes along and smashes your face off. Apparently the dude who runs 4AD says SOTL are making the most important music of the 21st century. That is some recommendation indeed. Why aren't they signed to 4AD then?? This is incredible and for fans of ambient, cinematic lushness this is beautiful stuff. All that and the last track of the album is called December Hunting For Vegetarian Fuckface.... genius.
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What their label says...
*"I simply feel that they are making the most important music of the 21st century." Ivo Watts-Russell - 4AD label founder. *The long awaited new album from Stars of the Lid is finally ready for your sonic immersion, and it's truly outstanding. *Painstakingly recorded, processed and assembled over the last five years, SOTL once again deliver a massive work filling two compact discs and three vinyl albums, clocking in at over two hours. *On this new record SOTL have placed an emphasis on melodic development, moving their epic soundscapes beyond mere drone and subsequently frustrating all the typical ambient cliches associated with their music. *Perhaps the best references for this current work would be found in the score of the film Le Mepris by Georges Delerue, the orchetral works of Zbigniew Preisner, or the 1958 CSO/Fritz Reiner recording of Hovhaness' Mysterious Mountain, specifically the third movement. *But in the final analysis, such comparisons are superfluous at best, as Stars of the Lid have created a musical universe in which they are the sole inhabit -ant. Simply put, this album is a masterpiece.
*Tracklisting: DISK 1 01. Dungtitled (In A Major) 02. Articulate Silences part 1 03. Articulate Silences part 2 04. The Evil That Never Arrived 05. Apreludes (In C Sharp) 06. Don't Bother They're Here 07. Dopmine Clouds Over Craven Cottage 08. Even If You're Never Awake 09. Even (Out) 10. A Meaningful Moment Through A Meaning(less) Process DISK 2 01. Another Ballad For Heavy Lids 02. The Daughters Of Quiet Minds 03. Hiberner Toujours 04. That Finger On Your Temple Is The Barrel Of My Ray Gun 05. Humectez La Mouture 06. Tippy Demise 07. The Mouthchew 08. December Hunting For Vegetarian Fuckface
