Torsson, Patrik / At The Line Of The Border
Album: At The Line Of The Border   Collection:General
Artist:Torsson, Patrik   Added:Nov 2011
Label:Saint Marie Records  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2012-06-02 Pull Date: 2012-08-05
Week Ending: Jul 15 Jul 1 Jun 17 Jun 10
Airplays: 1 1 1 1

Recent Airplay
1. Jul 13, 2012: Ember's Everlasting
Precollapse
3. Jun 14, 2012: The Sunset Life
Say Ok
2. Jun 30, 2012: Modern Donkey
Astronomy
4. Jun 08, 2012: The Sunset Life
Bitterness

Album Review
DJ Away
Reviewed 2012-05-26
Folk/post-rock
A series of beautiful, subdued, percussion-less, melancholic vignettes from this Swedish artist. The often multi-tracked vocals tend toward a half whispered vibrato (think Thom Yorke). Try 2, 5, 9, 10. No FCCs noted.

1. (1:02)—Slow strummed guitar with multi-tracked vocals that sound like they came from a warped record.
2. *(2:01)—Medium-fast tempo. Tense, dark, spidery guitars that edge toward distortion.
3. (2:17)—Fast, shimmering plucked guitars. This has a more conventional structure than most songs here.
4. (1:57)—Slow. The minimal beginning and end sound a bit like Songs: Ohia. The middle adds a few guitar tracks.
5. *(2:20)—Like the previous track, a dramatic soundscape wedged between a slow, stripped-down beginning and end.
6. (2:28)—Slow tempo, features woozy, multi-tracked vocals.
7. (1:37)—Gains speed over the song’s course. A cappella ending.
8. (1:53)—Has more of a groove than the other songs. Pretty harmonies.
9. *(2:38)—Especially slow and hushed, with more wonderful harmonies.
10. *(2:34)—Builds to a sweeping climax. The last minute is an outro.
11. (2:43)—The most dissonant song. Electronics assume a prominent role.
12. (1:55)—Soft plucked guitars. The vocals are particularly quavery.
13. (2:09)—Mid-tempo. Strummed waltz-time guitars and harmonies.
14. (1:42)—Very slow. Half-spoken, half-sung vocals.
15. (2:10)—Medium-slow tempo. Consistent presence of multiple guitars.
16. (2:58)—Pretty drones under Torsson’s guitar and vocals.

Track Listing
1. Bitterness   8. Thunderstorms
2. Precollapse   9. Say Ok
3. Kill Your Only Hopes Of Finding You   10. Astronomy
4. Meteorology   11. Complicate
5. Time   12. Swing
6. The Only Way   13. Push
7. Toes   14. At The Line Of The Border
  15. Summary