| Brooke, Nick / Border Towns |
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| Album: | Border Towns | Collection: | Review Shelf | |
| Artist: | Brooke, Nick | Added: | 01/2013 | |
| Label: | Innova Recordings | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2013-03-09 | Pull Date: | 2013-05-12 |
| Week Ending: | 24 Mar |
| Airplays: | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Mar 21, 2013: | orangeasm (pt1) Tombstone | ||||
| Album Review |
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| Sonja L Reviewed 2013-02-16 | ||
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Border Towns by Nick Brooke Label: Innova Recordings Released: 01/29/13 This experimental/Americana/ambient record/suite consists of mashups of “familiar and obscure musical quotations along with commonplace noises.” No FCCs. - Sonja L. 2/14/13 1. (4:06) Silver City - Humming that turns into chorus (very shrill at times), ambient noise, violent outbursts of male vocals, no real melody - just snippets of random vocal pieces pasted together. 2. (0:28) ambient - sound of a train 3. (5:00) Jackman - Dramatic choral opening with occasional heavy drum beat. At points joined by trumpets, sound of a burp, electric guitar mini-riffs, moaning, familiar musical quotations 4. (0:34) ambient - random chatter 5. (5:29) Tombstone - Clanging turns to cacophony of sounds, interspersed with vocal outbursts. Dramatic piano and singing towards middle. Lots of sudden pauses/silence. 6. (0:28) ambient - birds chirping, waves crashing, chatter 7. (6:29) Ocean Grove - Repeated screamy male vocals interspersed with choral phrases, dramatic pauses. Parts in Italian? 8. (3:51) Del Rio - Possible imitation of a radio DJ. Dramatic pauses, weird futuristic noises, parts in Spanish. Chorus on top at points. 9. (4:59) Heart Butte - Slow piano with male vocal. Chorus comes in at points, familiar musical quotations, dog barking, clock ticking, repeats. 10. (3:04) Ponemah - Light beginning with occasional male vocals, chanting, synths. Familiar musical quotations (Bob Dylan), more chanting, heavy drumbeats, operatic female vocals. 11. *(4:42) Chokoloskee - Starts with nice bass, horns, interspersed with familiar (nostalgic) musical quotations, sounds of water, strings, slow piano, sound of thunder storm/shrill, screamy vocals make for a dramatic ending. 12. (5:28) Columbus - Begins with fast-paced guitar, sound of airplane and eerie female vocal. Turns fast-paced with Spanish horns/guitar/vocals. Random speaking. Familiar vocal quotations, glass shattering 13. (3:52) Grand Isle - Humming, faint chatter in background, repeated female vocals, slow track. Similar to many other tracks. 14. (2:53) Jacumba - Dramatic opening, chorus, strong horns, organ, slow piano, chatter in background, dog barking, sharp exhalations. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Silver City | 8. | Del Rio | |||
| 2. | Ambient | 9. | Heart Butte | |||
| 3. | Jackman | 10. | Ponemah | |||
| 4. | Ambient | 11. | Chokoloskee | |||
| 5. | Tombstone | 12. | Columbus | |||
| 6. | Ambient | 13. | Grand Isle | |||
| 7. | Ocean Grove | 14. | Jacumba |