| Pale Dian / Narrow Birth |
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| Album: | Narrow Birth | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Pale Dian | Added: | Jul 2016 | |
| Label: | Manifesto Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2016-07-11 | Pull Date: | 2016-09-11 |
| Week Ending: | Aug 28 | Aug 21 | Aug 7 | Jul 31 | Jul 24 | Jul 17 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Apr 18, 2019: | Being as an ocean In a day / pas de deux | 4. | Dec 03, 2016: | Life Aquatic Evan Evan | |
| 2. | Mar 05, 2017: | Reckless Burning Evan Evan | 5. | Aug 22, 2016: | Life Aquatic Evan Evan | |
| 3. | Dec 16, 2016: | Life Aquatic (Best of '16, part 1) Evan Evan | 6. | Aug 14, 2016: | Life Aquatic Intro |
| Album Review |
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| DJ Aporia Reviewed 2016-07-10 | ||
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Glowing, expansive, sometimes gloomy shoegaze with strong ties to post-punk. Another promising set of shoegazers from Texas, and what an amazing first album! One of my favorites of the year. RIYL Drinking Flowers, Soft Kill, Drab Majesty, Dais/Sacred Bones, '80s 4AD Favorites: 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 No FCCs 1. (4:18) Intro—Dazed vocal chant in first minute, post-punk bass line, aqueously shifting and churning guitars. 2. (5:17) **** Evan Evan—Driving, relentless shoegaze distorted through an all-consuming darkwave filter. Chaotic, liberating instrumental finish barely held together by the bass. Incredible!!! 3. (6:23) *** In a Day—Bright soprano vocals layered beneath washes of glowing, meditative noise. All instrumental in last three minutes. 4. (3:14) Pas de Deux—Like a synthier THEESatisfaction. 5. (3:36) *** Lonesome Waste—Bladerunner! Uplifting shoegaze, strong female vox, cute. 6. (3:36) ** Diana—Panoramic, wide-angle shoegaze. Really satisfying crunchy guitars in the last minute and a half. 7. (5:20) ** The Avenue—Dreamy cosmic Living Hour feel, drum machine, steady ascension, just sublime. 8. (3:52) ** Feral Bloom—Dense. Galactic synths and weird outer space vocals. Spectacular, propulsive drumming change at 2:09. 9. (3:50) Judy Garland is Dead—Drum machine, field recordings of hospital sounds, spoken word, suffering. 10. (3:16) Mimi’s Magnolia—Quirky sense of gloom, Southern Ontario Gothic sonified. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Intro | 6. | Diana | |||
| 2. | Evan Evan | 7. | The Avenue | |||
| 3. | In A Day | 8. | Feral Bloom | |||
| 4. | Pas De Deux | 9. | Judy Garland Is Dead | |||
| 5. | Lonesome Waste | 10. | Mimi's Magnolia |