At The Down-Turned Jagged Rim Of The Sky

Bailiff, Jessica
Kranky
General | Feb 2013

Reviews

awyeh
Reviewed 2013-02-20
Slowcore dream-pop release from Kranky alum/Toledo, OH native Jessica Bailiff. Dreamy, down-tempo, slow in places, just as you might expect. Guitar leads most tracks, though there are drums and piano/synths in there too. Dreamy female vox. RIYL: Rivulets, Low

*1 (3:29) Whirring, slow, patchwork of dreams. Deep, breathy vocals while instruments echo all around
*2 (3:22) Loud, fuzzy, shoegazey, MBV worship
3 (5:15) Slow, plodding along, deep vox for the most part before religious chanting/tambourine takes over
4 (3:33) Vampiric keys, lush vox in the forefront, echoed harmonies
5 (3:34) Down-tempo, low synth tones, melancholic vocals
6 (4:31) NES Castlevania soundtracks played on modern instruments, creepy high-pitched vox
7 (4:54) Too schlocky for me, piano, “It’s quite alright... if we say goodnight� etc.
8 (5:32) Rocky, strummed guitars, pounding drums, straightforward
**9 (5:57) Oh fuck yeah here we go, dreamy/shoegazy meets the poppiest of slowcore; daytime drone show DJs and Kranky aficionados will agree this track is great. Low fans circa mid-90s would probably have expected the band to sound like this

Recent airplay

Firefly
CatharsisMay 30, 2013
Firefly
Firefly
Girls RuleApr 17, 2013
Your Ghost Is Not Enough
The Sunset LifeApr 11, 2013
Take Me To The Sun
Ghost TreesApr 04, 2013
Firefly
Music CasseroleMar 30, 2013

Charting

2013-02-26 — 2013-04-28
Week EndingAirplays
Apr 21 2
Apr 14 1
Apr 7 1
Mar 31 2
Mar 24 1
Mar 10 1
Mar 3 4

Track listing

1. Your Ghost Is Not Enough
2. Take Me To The Sun
3. Sanguine
4. If You Say It
5. Violets & Roses
6. This Is Eral
7. Goodnight
8. Slowly
9. Firefly