Track Listing 1. Beyond the Pale 2. Calm Before, The 3. In the Cold Light of Day 4. Calm Beyond, The 5. Dusk 6. Circle Is Blue, The
| Details | | Distributor: | Distribution N. America | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes Personnel includes: Sonic Boom, Kevin Martin, Kevin Shields, Eddie Provost. E.A.R. is a loosely knit collective centered on Pete "Sonic Boom" Kember, a co-founder of Spacemen 3 with Spiritualized's Jason Pierce. For this second E.A.R. album, the crew also features Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine, Eddie PrTvost of '60s experimentalists AMM, and Kevin Martin of the modestly named God. BEYOND THE PALE is basically what you might hear if you were to take away the actual songs from a Spacemen 3 or MBV record. Hypnotic waves of heavily treated guitars, keyboards, percussion, and saxophone endlessly unravel and re-knit themselves without regard to melody or song structure. The album is broken into six pieces-"Beyond The Pale," "The Calm Before," "In The Cold Light Of Day," "The Calm Beyond, "Dusk," and "The Circle Is Blue"-all titled for thematic unity, in the time-honored prog tradition. There is no middle ground on BEYOND THE PALE. You will either find this album incredibly boring or totally enthralling.
Editorial Reviews 4 - Well Done - ...a more challenging and sinister sphere of ambient music...a fabulous array of vintage analog synths and guitars...the ideal music to cast you into uneasy dreams... Alternative Press (05/01/1996)
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