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Close Your Eyes/ We Are Blind, by Alaska In Winter/ Marianne Dissard (7" on Regularbeat Recording Co.)

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Format: 7"
Label: Regularbeat Recording Co.
Price: £3.29
Catalogue number: RB7008
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Alaska In Winter: Close Your Eyes-We Are Blind / Marianne Dissard: Trop Expres (split 7" on Regular Beat) Is more mournful, yearning vocals backed by a buzzing accordian and intro-ed with what sounds like a ukulele . The vocals get distorted later on through a vocoder or some such effect. The beats are lolloping (w/ an electro acoustic fizzing undertow) and the one finger keyboard melodies and a sweet chorus that makes the first side quite a treat. Again comparisons w/ Beirut abound. The flip is a french chanteuse: whispered/spoken/part-growling... backed by simple, swinging guitar licks. Both sides are a suprising treat. Third single of the week contender.

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Limited to just 500 copies, this white vinyl split-7" features ALASKA IN WINTER’s ‘Close Your Eyes – We Are Blind’ (with BEIRUT’s Zach Condon
guesting on vocals and ukelele) on the A-side, while the flipside is occupied by Tucson-based French chanteuse MARIANNE DISSARD and her track
‘Trop Exprés’ (co-written and performed with Calexico’s Joey Burns).

 

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About the humble 7":

The humble 7" is the smallest of the vinyl formats (not including the ridiculous 5") and it's the perfect medium for transporting a couple of new songs by up and coming bands straight into your ears. They're fun and they take up less space in your house than something bigger would. They come in a plethora of exciting colours and fantastical packages, and you can fit about 14 minutes onto one 7". You may have to get up every few minutes to put a new record on but think of the exercise. Don't forget every record you buy plays at least 2 speeds (depending on your stereo) and you need to play all records on all speeds to get the maximum joy from your purchase.

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