Second album in less than a year from the prolific William Dorey. Includes the singles 'Another Day, 'Behind The Sun' and 'Losing My Mind'. Building on the success of 2018's 'Filoxiny' (listed as one of Q Magazine's '354 Albums to Blow Your Mind') and this year's 'Umoja' ("a pleasure to listen to from start to finish" - Songlines magazine) - both of whose singles have peppered the playlists of BBC 6 Music and have led to his helming of a Bandcamp takeover - Skinshape returns with the witheringly, prophetically titled 'Arrogance is the Death of Men'.
Written and recorded between November 2019 and July 2020, Skinshape bids to recreate something akin to the 'old style' of 'Oracolo' (2015) and 'Life & Love' (2017). With 'Arrogance_', Will Dorey's blueprint points to a simple formula, aligning a bank of fresh drum breaks recorded at the end of 2019 to whatever he had to hand, for a long player recorded in the majority at home due to the lockdown. Forever balanced between sweetness and a sigh, as per his position 'Behind the Sun', the Skinshape essence, intricate yet always reachable, at times tailored in a single session and sourcing archive bric-a-brac when required, is all around on the sweetly strummed 'Tomorrow' and 'The Eastern Connection', featuring Ivan Kormanak on drums.
Maintaining an incisive knowledge of global sounds that keeps him in the filmic company of Khruangbin and El Michels Affair, Dorey's listening to vintage Vietnamese music and Asian film scores provides the basis of 'Sound of Your Voice' and 'Flight of the Erhu', starring Wan Pinchu on Erhu violin. Acutely aware of the world's ongoing health crisis without preaching about the whys and wherefores, the title track and 'Losing My Mind' reflect enforced confinement as tranquil songs of both quiet consideration yet powerful release. Dorey's guitar pieces and wraith-like soul continue to flicker with fascination as Indian Summers and fireside retreats beckon, with 'Watching From The Shadows' - about "standing up for yourself, and avoiding the limelight for your own good"- and 'Outro' gently bringing the album to rest.
Labels:
Lewis Recordings LEWIS1091LP
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album
Released:
04 Dec 2020
Genre:
Hip hop, rock, reggae, funk/soul
Style:
Psychedelic, Dub, Indie Rock, Trip Hop
tracklist
A1Tomorrow
A2Sound Of Your Voice
A3 Arrogance is the Death of Men
A4The Eastern Connection
A5Behind The Sun
B1Another Day
B2Losing My Mind
B3 Flight of the Erhu
B4 Watching From The Shadows
B5Outro
Written and recorded between November 2019 and July 2020, Skinshape bids to recreate something akin to the 'old style' of 'Oracolo' (2015) and 'Life & Love' (2017). With 'Arrogance_', Will Dorey's blueprint points to a simple formula, aligning a bank of fresh drum breaks recorded at the end of 2019 to whatever he had to hand, for a long player recorded in the majority at home due to the lockdown. Forever balanced between sweetness and a sigh, as per his position 'Behind the Sun', the Skinshape essence, intricate yet always reachable, at times tailored in a single session and sourcing archive bric-a-brac when required, is all around on the sweetly strummed 'Tomorrow' and 'The Eastern Connection', featuring Ivan Kormanak on drums.
Maintaining an incisive knowledge of global sounds that keeps him in the filmic company of Khruangbin and El Michels Affair, Dorey's listening to vintage Vietnamese music and Asian film scores provides the basis of 'Sound of Your Voice' and 'Flight of the Erhu', starring Wan Pinchu on Erhu violin. Acutely aware of the world's ongoing health crisis without preaching about the whys and wherefores, the title track and 'Losing My Mind' reflect enforced confinement as tranquil songs of both quiet consideration yet powerful release. Dorey's guitar pieces and wraith-like soul continue to flicker with fascination as Indian Summers and fireside retreats beckon, with 'Watching From The Shadows' - about "standing up for yourself, and avoiding the limelight for your own good"- and 'Outro' gently bringing the album to rest.
Labels:
Lewis Recordings LEWIS1091LP
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album
Released:
04 Dec 2020
Genre:
Hip hop, rock, reggae, funk/soul
Style:
Psychedelic, Dub, Indie Rock, Trip Hop
tracklist
A1Tomorrow
A2Sound Of Your Voice
A3 Arrogance is the Death of Men
A4The Eastern Connection
A5Behind The Sun
B1Another Day
B2Losing My Mind
B3 Flight of the Erhu
B4 Watching From The Shadows
B5Outro
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