Our album of the week (27th January 2012)
...according to our Mike on Fri 27 Jan, 2012.
Windy and Carl are back with their first album in three years. Nice to see that there are some people who still take their time over these things. This husband and wife team have created some astounding sonic architecture in the past with their neofolk-inflected minimal-ambient drone. After a surprisingly folky beginning where fragile guitar and mournful vocals over nostalgic crackles carve out an aching sense of pathos, they continue treading that path quite expertly on this latest collection, with dense, calming drone textures through which you can pick out snippets of piano and bass and guitar as the ethereal washes morph elusively. Predominantly, though, this record is all about the drones. The twinkly, fragmented, layered drones that lift you up to somewhere more peaceful and detached. They're always of the tranquil and celestial variety, though; no dark, grinding, twitching ambience here, just comforting, immersive, calming tones with occasional folky touches. Delightful.
We calculate your shipping costs by taking the heaviest item in your order and calculating that at the 'Heaviest Item' price. Each additional item in your order is then charged at the 'Additional Item' price.
So, because you currently don't have anything in your cart the shipping cost for We Will Always Be by Windy & Carl will be the 'Heaviest Item' price for the format you choose:
| Format | 'Heaviest Item' Price | 'Additional Item' Price |
|---|---|---|
| CD | £1.50 | £0.50 |
| Double vinyl LP | £3.70 | £2.00 |
Please note:
This item is in stock and can be dispatched immediately.
Items from this distributor are currently shipping in approx. 7 days. However, this particular item may be shipping sooner. Please contact us for more details.
Brian Thunderpony said:
I was supposed to review this album but I didn't quite have it in me to meet the deadline because I was drinking wine and talking to our Anthony incessantly about how I liked how Throbbing Gristle had blown a new arsehole through music in the 70s and beyond., i'm reading this and thinking I'm so glad our Mike is the absolute bees knees with genuine words and feelings ala the music we love here....x
So, what do you think?