Sleuth - Out Of The Blue Period cd/lp
(Jigsaw Records, PZL080)
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I've long been a fan of this Canadian band (ever since their impossibly rare cassette EP from a few years back!) so I jumped at the chance to put out their debut album. And what an album it is! Years in the making, this is a rich and rewarding record that's as multi-faceted as it is simple and pure. Not just your average pop record, this is a group of songs that make you think and feel - not unlike, say, the Smiths, the Siddeleys or the Go-Betweens at their very best. Intelligent and heartfelt lyrics set to music that ranges from sublimely jangly indiepop to 4AD-ish atmospheric beauty. Fourteen songs in total, each of them as strong as the last, so favorites are very hard to pick. But I can safely say that this is one record that will be revered when the next wave of janglepop revivalism happens in a few decades...
CD not limited. 150 lps pressed in handmade sleeves; co-released with the band and Kingfisher Bluez Records in Canada; with Jigsaw getting 50 copies. All songs written by Sleuth. Available digitally on Bandcamp.
Tracklisting:
- Good On The Inside (I Don't Mind)
- Is It True?
- The Big Big Blue
- My Cancer Years
- Closely Watched Trains
- Ties
- A Finely Tuned Machine
- The Honey Is In The Hive
- The Rules For Hearts
- Single Man
- Lead Me To New Secret Paths And Dancing Places
- Trembling Blue
- Wild Life
- Stay On My Arm