Collarbones
Waiting for the Ghosts
5 Track, EP (2009, Archive.org)
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As Scissor Lock, Sydney’s Marcus Whale has experimented a lot with cut-and-paste techniques, crafting richly intricate pieces from looped and layered instruments such as guitar and piano, as well as the sound of his own voice. Waiting for the Ghosts, the debut release for Collarbones, sees Whale trading AIFFs with Adelaidian Travis Cook to create a suite of short, simple pop tunes spliced together from a variety of sound sources.
The title track, for example, consists almost entirely of samples from Björk’s Vespertine album, reconfigured as to be virtually unrecognisable (although the occasional vocal shard might tip off more attentive listeners). ‘Paper Dolls’, the EP’s least directly accessible track, combines echo chamber vocals with washy keyboards and massive, dry percussion, while ‘Weatherman’ hints at the autumn-hued aesthetic of Hood.
Part minimal techno, part leftfield indie pop, this is an enchanting little collection of tunes that reveal Whale and Cook’s songwriting capabilities. And as if all that wasn’t enough, Waiting for the Ghosts is totally free, having been put up on archive.org under a Creative Commons License. When something this good is just there for the taking, why wouldn’t you grab it?
by Adam D Mills
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GRAB IT!
It's really great.
sounds bloody terrific where can we find it in Melb town mr romance?
Pretty sure archive.org is available in Melbourne town, tigger...
yes indeed! it's free to everyone with the internet (and maybe others if they ask me). follow mr. raven's link.
oh sorry i missed that bit!
i like fetishized objects
wheres the vinyl release!
would you like to release it, tig? would you! would you!!
WHALE STINKS
x
east brunswick girls choir?
more like east brunswick boys choir.
all.... ALL
Whale wail wale.
if we had time Mr romance, but we are chockers for releases until mid next year. Plus I'm going to India in a couple of months
ahhh india, of course. since when did i become mr romance?
Since you and oscar played in a band that sounds like a mills and boon novel
OH YEAH
whale & thorn
get it now
2 dollars at your nearest op shop
on topic, we're playing a rare show on Friday.
and that's actually 10 dollars