Palace Songs: Hope (Reissue) (CD)

Palace Songs

CD

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Label:: Domino
Year of recording ca.:: 1994
Item number:: 1871259
UPC/EAN:: 5034202208228
Release date:: 28.2.2012

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Mit Freude dürfen wir verkünden, dass Domino am 24. Februar 2012 fünf Alben von Palace - der musikalischen Identität von Will Oldham vor seinem Welterfolg als Bonnie `Prince´Billy - wiederveröffentlichen wird. Diese einfach aufgenommenen Alben genießen unter Fans Kultstatus und versprühen eine ganz besonders intime Atmosphäre.

Hope (als "Palace Songs", 1994) wurde mit neuem Artwork und neuer Verpackung neu aufgelegt.

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The mini album Hope was another change in sound, and featured arrangements by Sean O Hagan, then of the High Llamas. Featuring six songs including a cover of Leonard Cohen’s "Winter Lady", Oldham’s voice is set in a reflective and soft-hued sound throughout.

The use of piano as a lead instrument suggest a parlour-song atmosphere, something which is enhanced by Oldham’s frequent repetition of lines in the lyrics, which also expand on his own brand of surrealism. On "Untitled" Oldham sings "Did you like the cake? some of it was nice" as though the importance of the cake is of a more far-reaching consequence than the cake and anyone who may be eating it realises.