| Other Lives / Rituals |
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| Album: | Rituals | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Other Lives | Added: | Jul 2015 | |
| Label: | Tbd Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2015-07-24 | Pull Date: | 2015-09-25 |
| Week Ending: | Sep 27 | Sep 20 | Sep 13 | Sep 6 | Aug 30 | Aug 23 | Aug 16 | Aug 9 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Dec 18, 2015: | In The Year One Thousand, Eight Thousand: Best of 2015 [FQ1511-2] Easy Way Out | 4. | Sep 13, 2015: | Wolfe Calls Easy Way Out | |
| 2. | Sep 24, 2015: | Clean Copper Radio Fair Weather | 5. | Sep 11, 2015: | Dinner on Breakaway Bluff 2 Pyramids | |
| 3. | Sep 18, 2015: | Time Traveler Easy Way Out | 6. | Sep 10, 2015: | Clean Copper Radio Easy Way Out |
| Album Review |
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| Pixel Reviewed 2015-07-23 | ||
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Lush baroque indie pop. Other Lives hail from Stillwater, OK and once performed under the name Kunek. I was drawn to this one because it was produced by session drummer Joey Waronker who’s worked with artists like Beck and E. Smith. Most songs are layers of piano/strings shrouding male vox with angelic female backing. Reminiscent of… Owen Pallett, Radiohead (Hail to the Thief/Amnesiac etc era), Grizzly Bear, Bon Iver?, sometimes Arcade Fire Likely FCC on 9… try 4, 7, 12, 5, 8, 9(*FCC), 14 1. (3:55) med-slow lush piano, quiet beeps, calming yet mysterious, ¾ shift… warm ocean waves overcoming you 2. (4:20) med-fast opens w/ electronic shimmery ambience, strings, high-pitched and pretty. nice build @ finish 3. (3:27) mid. cool piano groove, spectral wails in the back of spoken-type vocals, overall effect has a certain swagger to it 4. *(4:03) mid. coy yet moody piano, moving double-snare beat. I like this. 5. *(3:33) med-slow. chimey, strong toms, Sigur Ros-y, mood alternates between light/cherubic backing and foreboding 6. (3:25) slow-med. dawn breaks: elegant strings and horns mellow with tinkling piano over a beat like a clock ticking out of control. 7. *(3:57) med. catchy - driving beat, dramatic strings, like a softer Owen Pallett 8. *(3:25) med-slow. slightly twangy/bluesy with eerie high accents. 9. *(4:40) FCC (sh*t) med-slow. easygoing waltz, piano and snare tune, builds triumphantly. shame about the FCC.. which I’m not sure about/feels like it came outta nowhere.. cause this is lovely. 10. (3:50) mid. spooky low-key jazzy Radiohead … 11. (3:47) mid. nice piano piece over pounding beat. dreamy escapism. very lush, reminds me of Arcade Fire 12. *(4:02) mid-fast. darker guitar and harmonized vox. pounding beat. 13. (4:05) med-fast. dreamy piano. leads to vox over lonely strings. etc etc 14. *(3:53) slow. low, slow melancholy vocals. quite lovely, grand closer. good set-ender. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Fair Weather | 8. | Need A Line | |||
| 2. | Pattern | 9. | English Summer | |||
| 3. | Reconfiguration | 10. | Untitled | |||
| 4. | Easy Way Out | 11. | No Trouble | |||
| 5. | Beat Primal | 12. | For The Last | |||
| 6. | New Fog | 13. | It's Not Magic | |||
| 7. | 2 Pyramids | 14. | Ritual |