Bishop Allen: Broken String on CD
Broken String
Conventional CD, playable with all CD players and computer drives, but also with most SACD or multiplayers.
- Label:
- Dead Oceans
- Year of recording ca.:
- 2006
- Item number:
- 6956668
- UPC/EAN:
- 0656605130323
- Release date:
- 19.7.2007
2006 was a big year for Bishop Allen. The band recorded and self-released an EP every month of the year. Fifty-eight songs later, they completed one of the most ambitious recording projects in recent memory. Their 2003 debut, Charm School, was a hooky indie-pop gem, but Bishop Allen's EP material proves far more sophisticated and addictive. With the EPs, Bishop Allen's pop smarts sound timeless, escaping the indie-pop idiom and revealing a language informed by The Kinks, Dylan, and The Zombies. While it was in motion, the EP-a-month project was the...
Reviews
J. Schlüter in Rolling Stone 8/07: "Ben Folds im großen Gefühlskino, die Kinks ohne Beat, Paul Simon modern gewendet, dazu der Freigeist und die Sensibilität von Sufjan Stevens, das alles können Bishop Allen auf bloß einer Platte. Entdeckerplatte."Disk 1 von 1 (CD)
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1 The Monitor
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2 Rain
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3 Click, Click, Click, Click
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4 The Chinatown Bus
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5 Flight 180
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6 Like Castanets
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7 Butterfly Nets
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8 Shrinking Violet
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9 Corazon
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10 Middle Management
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11 Choose Again
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12 The News From Your Bed
