Stars Of The Lid
And Their Refinement of the Decline 2xCD/3xLP (Kranky 100)
DISK 1
- Dungtitled (In A Major)
- Articulate Silences part 1
- Articulate Silences part 2
- The Evil That Never Arrived
- Apreludes (In C Sharp Major)
- Don't Bother They're Here
- Dopamine Clouds Over Craven Cottage
- Even If You're Never Awake
- Even (Out)
- A Meaningful Moment Through A Meaning(less) Process
DISK 2
- Another Ballad For Heavy Lids
- The Daughters Of Quiet Minds
- Hiberner Toujours
- That Finger On Your Temple Is The Barrel Of My Raygun
- Humectez La Mouture
- Tippy's Demise
- The Mouthchew
- December Hunting For Vegetarian Fuckface
The long awaited new album from Stars Of The Lid is finally ready for your sonic immersion. Painstakingly recorded, processed and assembled over the last five years, SOTL once again deliver a massive work filling two compact discs and three vinyl albums, clocking in at over two hours. This album picks up where 'The Tired Sounds Of Stars Of The Lid' left off with an emphasis on melodic development, moving their epic soundscapes beyond mere drone and subsequently frustrating all the typical ambient cliches associated with their music. Perhaps the best references for this current work would be found in the score to the film 'Le Mepris' by Georges Delerue, the orchetral works of Zbigniew Preisner, or the 1958 CSO/Fritz Reiner recording of 'Hovhaness’ Mysterious Mountain', specifically the third movement. But in the final analysis, such comparisons are superfluous at best, as Stars Of The Lid have created a musical universe in which they are the sole inhabitant. Simply put, this album is a masterpiece.
