BILLS & ACHES & BLUES
18 artisti dell’attuale roster 4AD reinterpretano un brano a scelta dall’intero catalogo
L’album completo uscirà in digitale il 02 Aprile
mentre vinile e CD saranno disponibili dal 23 Luglio
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‘Side 1’ disponibile ora
5 cover interpretate da Tkay Maidza, U.S. Girls,
Aldous Harding, The Breeders e, ultima aggiunta, Maria Somerville.
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Nel 2020 la 4AD ha compiuto 40 anni. Mai arrivata puntuale ad una festa, quest’anno l’etichetta vuole commemorare la ricorrenza con l’uscita di Bills & Aches & Blues.
La raccolta vede 18 fra i suoi artisti attuali reinterpretare una canzone scegliendo dal catalogo passato della 4AD: un esperimento creativo, che ha origine dallo spirito di collaborazione, un’istantanea della 4AD, 41 anni dopo la sua nascita.
Bills & Aches & Blues uscirà in digitale il 2 aprile mentre l’edizione in vinile e CD sarà in vendita dal 23 luglio ed entro la fine dell’anno sarà disponibile un cofanetto deluxe del vinile. Il link per pre-ordinare è 4AD.ffm.to/billsandachesandblues. Il ricavato dei primi 12 mesi di vendita di Bills & Aches & Blues sarà donato a The Harmony Project, un progetto di doposcuola per bambini di scuole e comunità che non hanno accesso allo studio della musica e dell’arte nell’area di Los Angeles.
Da oggi sono disponibili le prime cinque canzoni da Bills & Aches & Blues (‘Side 1’), Tkay Maidza, U.S. Girls, Aldous Harding, The Breeders e Maria Somerville, nuova artista dell’etichetta, hanno registrato cover rispettivamente dei Pixies, The Birthday Party, Deerhunter, His Name Is Alive e Air Miami.
Bills & Aches & Blues – Side 1
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01 Tkay Maidza Where Is My Mind? ( Pixies )
02 U.S. Girls Junkyard ( The Birthday Party )
03 Aldous Harding Revival ( Deerhunter )
04 The Breeders Dirt Eaters ( His Name Is Alive )
05 Maria Somerville Seabird ( Air Miami )
Landmark songs such as ‘Cannonball’, ‘Song To The Siren’ and Pixies’ ‘Where is My Mind?’, will feel comfortable to casual fans, however by contrast, much joy can be found in the album’s surprise choices, such as Air Miami’s ‘Seabird’ and the Lush B-side ‘Sunbathing’, covered respectively by new signings Maria Somerville and Jenny Hval.
Bills & Aches & Blues is named, arguably (as Elizabeth Fraser never published the lyrics) after the opening line of Cocteau Twins ‘Cherry-Coloured Funk’. Perhaps too unique and uncoverable in their own right, their legendary take on Tim Buckley’s ‘Song To The Siren’, under the name This Mortal Coil (along with Buckley’s pre-Starsailor acoustic version) informs SOHN’s cover.
Some tracks unearth hitherto hidden shared DNA, such as Future Islands’ and Colourbox’s ‘The Moon Is Blue’; other tracks are more akin to reinvention. Aldous Harding distils the melodic essence of Deerhunter’s ‘Revival’ and recasts it in her own uncanny image. U.S. Girls’ future-disco ‘Junkyard’ and Bing & Ruth’s neo-classical instrumental ‘Gigantic’ are even more radical interpretations. Leading off the album, Tkay Maidza brings both her Art Rap and R&B game, but also an unexpected ‘80s synth pop template, to Pixies’ ‘Where Is My Mind?’, a perfect title for these chaotic times.
TRACKLISTING
Side 1:
01 Tkay Maidza Where Is My Mind? ( Pixies )
02 U.S. Girls Junkyard ( The Birthday Party )
03 Aldous Harding Revival ( Deerhunter )
04 The Breeders Dirt Eaters ( His Name Is Alive )
05 Maria Somerville Seabird ( Air Miami )
Side 2:
06 Tune-Yards Cannonball ( The Breeders )
07 Spencer. Genesis ( Grimes )
08 Helado Negro Futurism ( Deerhunter )
09 Efterklang Postal ( Piano Magic )
10 Bing and Ruth Gigantic ( Pixies )
Side 3:
11 Future Islands The Moon Is Blue ( Colourbox )
12 Jenny Hval Sunbathing ( Lush )
13 Dry Cleaning Oblivion ( Grimes )
14 Bradford Cox Mountain Battles ( Breeders )
Side 4:
15 SOHN Song To The Siren ( Tim Buckley )
16 Becky and The Birds The Wolves Act I and II ( Bon Iver )
17 Ex:Re Misery Is a Butterfly ( Blonde Redhead )
18 Big Thief Off You ( The Breeders )
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