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Japanese pressing of 2004 release, scheduled to include one exclusive bonus track. Details TBA. Epic.
Astronaut,Duran Duran,Rock/Pop
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times new romance (Import)
Astronaut ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000KG04N2 |
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Pay attention to Rebeca Gargallo's ghostly backing vocals in the background of "Living the Scene," the opening track of the Spanish band Astronaut's debut full-length Times New Romance: she'll be back three songs later to blow you away with a clear-as-day, pretty art-folk song about dreams and seashores and the way the surfaces of things conceals and entices. The album has a few crystalline ballads with her on lead vocals, singing sweetly but sadly. Those songs might get to the band's melancholy air in a direct-to-the-heart way, but for the rest of the album the six-member band (plus seven guests, on flute, trumpet, clarinet, cello and piano) weaves more impressionistic tapestries that get to the exact same feelings in a way that's just as heartfelt but also larger-than-life. The passing of time, the pain of loss and the mystery of dreams all find their way from song to song, whether it's an orchestral, slowly floating pop-rock song with Eduardo Guzmàn's grave vocals (or the lighter mix of Guzmàn and Gargallo's voices blending perfectly) or a gorgeous, wrap-around instrumental storm. An intoxicating album through and through.
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Astronaut
Natural Born Chillers Manufacturer: Import [Generic] ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00005V4OF Release Date: 2002-06-11 |
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