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What the label says:
Austin, Minnesota’s John Maus, keyboard player with Animal Collective’s
Panda Bear and a core member of Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, is an
idiosyncratic pop genius; Love Is Real is his second full-length.
His
brand new album Love Is Real is an apocalyptic journey through the
nostalgic streets of our home towns deep into the recesses of the human
heart. It is a map of self discovery, rejection and escapism captured
across 14 songs of melancholic baroque pop music.
Similar in style
to his debut Songs from last year, the album is a mixture of
exploratory synthesiser theatrics, tensely-strung bass lines and
insistent drum machine clicks and pops, all set off by John’s deeply
resonant reverb-drenched vocal.
Co-conspirator and collaborator Ariel Pink perhaps has the definitive insight into the talents of the man:
"John
Maus is a maniac on a bloody crusade; a tortured evangelist on a
mercenary quest to rid our world of villainous defilers of The Gospel
of True Love. By turns shockingly infectious and disarmingly
unpredictable, his music conflates a perplexing marriage of Moroder’s
Never Ending Story and classical 12-tone renegades of 20th century
past, harking THE NEW path which resurrects romance from its
post-modern shackles, and reignites the promise of a better world."
Love Is Real is a more reflective and realised effort than Songs however, focusing its attentions on impulsive song
writing and inspired musicianship, replacing the reminiscent feel of the first record with genuine poignancy.
COMMENTS:
- "LIKE SCOTT WALKER SLOWLY GRINDING TO A STANDTILL, ACCOMPANIED BY A SOUNDTRACK OF LUGUBRIOUS
ELECTRONIC POMP." (WIRE MAGAZINE)
- "REALLY GREAT, DELUDED POP: A SOUNDTRACK FOR LIVING UNDER DUVETS WITH E-NUMBERS AND ANALOGUE
EQUIPMENT." (PLAN B)
Tracklisting: 01. Heaven is Real 02. Do Your Best 03. Rights for Gays 04. Love Letters From Hell 05. The Silent Chorus
06.
Navy Seals 07. Pure Rockets 08. My Whole Worlds Coming Apart 09. Don’t
Worship The Devil 10. Tenebrae 11. Too Much Money 12. Green Bouzard 13.
Old Town 14. Times Is Weird
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