| Common Eider, King Eider / How To Build A Cabin |
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| Album: | How To Build A Cabin | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Common Eider, King Eider | Added: | Oct 2007 | |
| Label: | Yik Yak Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2008-04-13 | Pull Date: | 2008-06-15 |
| Week Ending: | Jun 1 | May 25 | Apr 20 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jul 04, 2012: | minimum entropy Red Horses | 4. | Feb 27, 2009: | orangeasm Steal Your Hair | |
| 2. | Aug 21, 2011: | lost and found Please Don't Drill In Anwr | 5. | Sep 05, 2008: | Radiophonic Bread King | |
| 3. | Sep 01, 2009: | Jena & Gomorrah Red Horses | 6. | May 27, 2008: | nag champa orangeasm Please Don't Drill In Anwr |
| Album Review |
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| Rikyu Reviewed 2008-03-23 | ||
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Common Eider, King Eider "How to Build a Log Cabin" Think of this as 'A Silver Mt. Zion' meets 'Stars in the Lid.' This album splits into two relatively distinct pieces: tracks 1,2,6 make use of raw viola string and distortion. Tracks 3,5,7 focus on haunting gregorian-like vocals which are often unaccompanied. This hypnotic, ultra-fatigued string minimalism achieves something an abstract funeral dirge. Track 4 is intended to be the apex of the album. Altogether a solid album. No FCC's 1 (5:07) distant, swaying strings lead a forlorn track unexpectedly disrupted by mass distortion around 3:00. 2 (4:01) The viola is out of tune, creating a growing gap of dissonance. 3 (3:27) heavily processed throat singing (like monks chanting deeply) which sounds like rolling thunder clouds. In the distance are light echoing femme vocals and strings. 4 (7:05) Soft ghostly vox with piano become heavy, scratchy guitar noise in the last two minutes. 5 (3:16) Floating vocals accompanied only by more heavily distorted vocals. 6 (6:52) Bowed strings harmonizing with a fair bit of reverb buzz. 7 (5:45) A faster track with more reverb, livelier vocals | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Steal Your Hair | 4. | Red Bears | |||
| 2. | Hollemn | 5. | Snowgballs For Reuven | |||
| 3. | Please Don't Drill In Anwr | 6. | Red Horses | |||
| 7. | Bread King | |||||