Folklore - Beige Vinyl

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The glossy production she’s lent on for the past half-decade is cast aside for simpler, softer melodies and wistful instrumentation. His full length debut on Daptone Records is equal parts raw feeling and elegance and exudes confidence and charm. A routinely great artist, much of Sufjan's universal appeal comes from his skills as a gifted narrator, pairing personal musings on love and devotion with commentary on American culture, whilst welding folk and electronica, the ambient and existential.

It's stripped down perfectly, with crisp and clear vocals and very little surface noise on the pressing itself. Over its 40 years in business, PIAS has grown to be one of the largest independently-owned music groups in the world, carving out its own in-house recorded music division PIAS [Recordings]. Over the last few months he has disarmed packed rooms of rowdy concert goers, leaving them silent as they hold fast to every syllable sung. Recorded at Hive Mind Studios in Brooklyn, NY, with the help of producer/arrangers Mike Buckley and Vincent Chiarito (both members of Charles Bradley's Extraordinaires) and crack team of a-list musicians, his upcoming album blends heavy arrangements and introspective lyrics with sophistication, leaving the listener in a blissful wash of wonderment.Anyone who has had the pleasure of seeing Jalen perform live knows that he is one of the most captivating performers on today's soul scene. All lacquers have been cut and mastered by Ryan Smith (2) (RKS) at Sterling Sound; additionally some pressings have also been cut at Sterling Sound by Joe Nino-Hernes (JN-H).

If you are a massive TS fan and can't put your finger on why this record sounds so amazing, I'm willing to bet it's simply because all her previous recordings are vastly inferior.I am admittedly an older music fan considering Ms Swift's demographic fan base but I would like to think that I try to stay somewhat current with today's music scene. My gut is telling me that if you make something you love, you should just put it out into the world. The new album folklore features production assistance and guest spots from the likes of Aaron Dessner of the National, Bon Iver and regular collaborator, Jack Antonoff.

Maybe the pandemic has put us into a more introspective mood but whatever the story behind these songs - the net result is a career peak - at least to this music fan. Now with a massively successful US tour opening for sweet soul darlings Thee Sacred Souls behind him, 2023 is sure to be a propitious year for Daptone's newest signee. It’s the sound of an artist who’s bored of calculated releases and wanted to try something different. Everything from a hole in the record where it’s not supposed to be, to scratches and even one chipped.Swift disappeared into the metaphorical woods while writing ‘Folklore’, and she’s emerged stronger than ever.

Jacket is a matte finish with embossing on the front cover text and debossing around the attached photo. This took me by surprise but the combination of earworms, great production and storytelling songwriting found me just at the right time, or I just like weeping along to ‘Exile’, who knows, but I love it. The songs and arrangements are beautiful and offer a much broader range of subjects than she has written about before. So far only thru side A and and finding terrible warbles in extended piano notes, sluggish sounding too, and wandering “imaging”- there was a noticeable change (improvement) during track 3- the pace self corrected so warbles disappeared… listening to side B now and it has no issues.The surprise released, eighth full length album from the iconic Taylor Swift, following on from 2019's super colourful record Lover. Recorded live, the album features Taylor Swift, Aaron Dessner (The National), Jack Antonoff (Bleachers) and Justin Vernon (Bon Iver).