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Artist......: Bill Fay
Album.......: Countless Branches
Label.......: Dead Oceans
Genre.......: Folk
Catnr.......: DOC211
Source......: CD
Rip.date....: 2020-01-18
Str.date....: 2020-01-17
Quality.....: 704 kbps avg / 44.1kHz / 2 channels
Url.........: http://www.billfay.co.uk/
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1. In Human Hands 2:19
2. How Long, How Long 2:43
3. Your Little Face 2:44
4. Salt Of the Earth 3:39
5. I Will Remain Here 2:06
6. Filled With Wonder Once Again 3:07
7. Time's Going Somewhere 2:42
8. Love Will Remain 2:24
9. Countless Branches 2:20
10. One Life 2:47
11. Tiny 2:56
12. Don't Let My Marigolds Die (Live In Studio) 2:17
13. The Rooster 3:16
14. Your Little Face (Acoustic Version) 2:18
15. Filled With Wonder Once Again (Band Version) 4:19
16. How Long, How Long (Band Version) 2:43
17. Love Will Remain (Band Version) 2:38
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: Release Notes: \/ , \/ ,
' '
,: It takes courage (or foolhardiness) to present songs in the :,
: nude, without any extra embellishments. Get it right, and you :
:' might get another Nebraska, World Gone Wrong or Carrie & ':
,: Lowell: a unified set of committed performances that requires :,
: nothing extra to compel. Miss the mark, and youÆll wound with a :
:' monotonous, flat record, with every fluffed line and derivative ':
,: melody exposed for extra scrutiny. :,
: :
:' Bill Fay and producer Joshua Henry were absolutely correct to ':
,: strip the ten tunes on Countless Branches to their bare :,
: foundations. This is one of those rare records were extra :
:' additions aren't just unnecessary; fine as they are, the fuller ':
,: arrangements of some of these same songs included here as bonus :,
: tracks suggest that Fay has cooked up material of such elemental :
:' and fragile beauty that any additional noises could easily ':
,: scare away the magic. :,
: :
:' The sessions for Countless Branches were initially aimed at ':
,: crafting the kind of economic and sparse yet nuanced band :,
: arrangements that fuelled Fay's first two "comeback" albums, :
:' 2012's Life Is People and Who Is The Sender? from 2015 (the ':
,: 75-year old songwriter was dropped by his label after his second :,
: album flopped in 1971, only returning to recording after :
:' reissues of his early works had picked up the kind of cult ':
,: following that evaded him during his first spell of musical :,
: activity). However, it was soon decided that it was wiser to :
:' stick to the spirit of Fay's solo piano/vocals home demos. ':
,: :,
: The likes of "In Human Hands" feature more silence between the :
:' notes than most of us are accustomed to. What initially feels ':
,: challenging in its uncompromising minimalism soon gains a :,
: powerful pull and a feeling of ear-cleansing freshness. The :
:' stark presentation makes the judiciously administered extra ':
,: instrumentation pack a powerful punch: the cosmic keyboards at :,
: the end of "Salt of the Earth" elevate the track's wise and :
:' weary beauty to almost unbearable levels of poignancy. When ':
,: drums and percussion pop in on "Your Little Face", it sounds :,
: like bombs going off - in a good way. :
:' ':
,: It's hard to believe these songs were culled from demos recorded :,
: over a number of years, such is the sense of unity and thematic :
:' cohesion. Fay's most acclaimed album, 1971's Time of the Last ':
,: Persecution, was fuelled with apocalyptic foreboding and :,
: cataloguing what had been lost. Countless Branches is guided by :
:' celebrating what still remains: the untainted human spirit, ':
,: natural beauty, the fragility and cyclical nature of life, :,
: selfless love. To paraphrase the title of one of the standouts, :
:' these are songs filled with wonder, at times - namely the ':
,: quietly majestic closer "One Life"- reminiscent of ageless :,
: secular hymns. :
:' ':
: '
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\ / H O U N D \ /
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______ ________
______ \ / ' \ /
\ / \ / : \ /
\ / \/ . . ... .. ...:... . . \ /
_\/___________ _ ___________ _ __________ : \/ ______
____ / / /_____/_/ \_______/ / \ ' \ /
\ / / / / / \ \/ /____ : _ ______ \ /
\/ / / / / \ / / \ _________/ / \ \/
/ / / X / / \/ / \/ \ ____
/ / / / / / / / \/ / \ \ /
\_\_____/ / / / / / / / \ \/
sH!/ / / / / / / / / \
'17/ / / / / / / / / \
___ \_\_______\ /_____ _\______/ / / X
________ \ \ /_ __\_\_____/ / / / / /
\ / _ __ \_\________/ \ \ / /
\ / _ __\_\_______/ /
\ /__________ / / /____
\/ \ / _ ____\_\_____________/ \ /
\ / H O U N D \/
\ / : ________
\ / p r e s e n t s .. .:. ... \ /
\/ : \ /
, \ /
\/
Artist......: Bill Fay
Album.......: Countless Branches
Label.......: Dead Oceans
Genre.......: Folk
Catnr.......: DOC211
Source......: CD
Rip.date....: 2020-01-18
Str.date....: 2020-01-17
Quality.....: 704 kbps avg / 44.1kHz / 2 channels
Url.........: http://www.billfay.co.uk/
________ ________
\ / \ /
\ / \ /
\ / # title time \ /
\/ \/
1. In Human Hands 2:19
2. How Long, How Long 2:43
3. Your Little Face 2:44
4. Salt Of the Earth 3:39
5. I Will Remain Here 2:06
6. Filled With Wonder Once Again 3:07
7. Time's Going Somewhere 2:42
8. Love Will Remain 2:24
9. Countless Branches 2:20
10. One Life 2:47
11. Tiny 2:56
12. Don't Let My Marigolds Die (Live In Studio) 2:17
13. The Rooster 3:16
14. Your Little Face (Acoustic Version) 2:18
15. Filled With Wonder Once Again (Band Version) 4:19
16. How Long, How Long (Band Version) 2:43
17. Love Will Remain (Band Version) 2:38
______
\ / ________ Runtime 47:18
,\ /... . . .... .... \ / ' Size 253.01______
:\/ ', \ / , \ /
' '... ..\ /.. .. .....:. .. .... .. . ..\ /.
: Release Notes: \/ , \/ ,
' '
,: It takes courage (or foolhardiness) to present songs in the :,
: nude, without any extra embellishments. Get it right, and you :
:' might get another Nebraska, World Gone Wrong or Carrie & ':
,: Lowell: a unified set of committed performances that requires :,
: nothing extra to compel. Miss the mark, and youll wound with a :
:' monotonous, flat record, with every fluffed line and derivative ':
,: melody exposed for extra scrutiny. :,
: :
:' Bill Fay and producer Joshua Henry were absolutely correct to ':
,: strip the ten tunes on Countless Branches to their bare :,
: foundations. This is one of those rare records were extra :
:' additions aren't just unnecessary; fine as they are, the fuller ':
,: arrangements of some of these same songs included here as bonus :,
: tracks suggest that Fay has cooked up material of such elemental :
:' and fragile beauty that any additional noises could easily ':
,: scare away the magic. :,
: :
:' The sessions for Countless Branches were initially aimed at ':
,: crafting the kind of economic and sparse yet nuanced band :,
: arrangements that fuelled Fay's first two "comeback" albums, :
:' 2012's Life Is People and Who Is The Sender? from 2015 (the ':
,: 75-year old songwriter was dropped by his label after his second :,
: album flopped in 1971, only returning to recording after :
:' reissues of his early works had picked up the kind of cult ':
,: following that evaded him during his first spell of musical :,
: activity). However, it was soon decided that it was wiser to :
:' stick to the spirit of Fay's solo piano/vocals home demos. ':
,: :,
: The likes of "In Human Hands" feature more silence between the :
:' notes than most of us are accustomed to. What initially feels ':
,: challenging in its uncompromising minimalism soon gains a :,
: powerful pull and a feeling of ear-cleansing freshness. The :
:' stark presentation makes the judiciously administered extra ':
,: instrumentation pack a powerful punch: the cosmic keyboards at :,
: the end of "Salt of the Earth" elevate the track's wise and :
:' weary beauty to almost unbearable levels of poignancy. When ':
,: drums and percussion pop in on "Your Little Face", it sounds :,
: like bombs going off - in a good way. :
:' ':
,: It's hard to believe these songs were culled from demos recorded :,
: over a number of years, such is the sense of unity and thematic :
:' cohesion. Fay's most acclaimed album, 1971's Time of the Last ':
,: Persecution, was fuelled with apocalyptic foreboding and :,
: cataloguing what had been lost. Countless Branches is guided by :
:' celebrating what still remains: the untainted human spirit, ':
,: natural beauty, the fragility and cyclical nature of life, :,
: selfless love. To paraphrase the title of one of the standouts, :
:' these are songs filled with wonder, at times - namely the ':
,: quietly majestic closer "One Life"- reminiscent of ageless :,
: secular hymns. :
:' ':
: '
'.. ..'
.. . :........... . . . . ............: . .
______________ ______________
\ / \ /
\ / Shout out to all our homies from: \ /
\ / \ /
\ / iPC BOSS HiT2000 1way UKi i8 RNS \ /
\ / RAGEMP3 MANDY DV8 pLAN9 BUTT \ /
\ / \ /
\/ ____ ____ \/
\ / H O U N D \ /
\/ 2 0 2 0 \/
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