: ' .. .:.... . ' ' ______________ : ________ : ' \ / .. .:. .. \ / : : \ /_________ \ / . .. ... .. . : .\ / /___ /\ \ / ______________ ___ _. : \ / / \ / \ \/ / \ \ \ \ \ . ...:..\ / _______/ \/ \ ___/__ / / / / / : /\ / / \ \/ \ / / / . sH! ' / \/ / / / \ / / . ... .:.... .. . :/ _______/ / / / _______/__ ___ __ .\ / / / / / / / / / / / \ / / / / / / / / / / / . . \ /\______/ / / / / \___ / / : \/ ____ \ / / / / / : \ / \ /\____/\ / / : : ________\/ \ / \ / / : ' \ / \/ \ /\ / : . ..:.. . \ / \/ \ / \ / \ / . ' : \/ F A N G \ / : ' ____ \ / . . .. .. .:.. . \ / presents \ / . . \/ \/ : : . ..:.. , : Artist......: Black Marble : Album.......: Bigger Than Life : : Label.......: Sacred Bones Records .. .:.. . Genre.......: Indie : Catnr.......: SBR234CD . ' Source......: CD , ; Rip.date....: 2019-10-22 Str.date....: 2019-10-25 Quality.....: 267kbps/44.1kHz/Joint Stereo . :.. .:. Url.........: http://www.sacredbonesrecords.com ' ' , ________ ________ \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / # title time \ / \/ \/ 1. Never Tell 4:16 2. One Eye Open 4:43 3. Daily Driver 3:54 4. Feels 4:42 5. The Usual 1:34 6. Grey Eyeliner 3:32 7. Bigger Than Life 3:53 8. Private Show 4:41 9. Shoulder 4:11 10. Hit Show 1:36 11. Call 3:42 ______ \ / ________ Runtime 40:44 ,\ /... . . .... .... \ / ' Size 82.61 ______ :\/ ', \ / , \ / ' '... ..\ /.. .. .....:. .. .... .. . ..\ /. : Release Notes: \/ , \/ , ' ' ,: When Chris Stewart set out to write and record his third album :, : as Black Marble, he was newly living in Los Angeles, fresh off a : :' move from New York. The environment brought much excitement and ': ,: possibility, but the distance had proved too much for the car he :, : brought along. With it out of commission indefinitely, he : :' purchased a bus pass and planned his daily commute from his ': ,: Echo Park apartment to his downtown studio, where he began to :, : shape Bigger Than Life. The route wound all through the city, : :' from the small local shops of Echo Park to the rising glass of ': ,: the business district, to the desperation of Skid Row. The :, : hurried energy of the environment provided a backdrop for the : :' daily trip. When Stewart finally arrived at his studio, heÆd ': ,: look through his window at the mountains and the sky, seeing the :, : beauty that makes L.A. unique ù the same beauty his fellow : :' commuters, some pushed to the edge of human endurance, had ': ,: seen. That was the headspace he was in when he began to map out :, : the syncopated drums and staccato arpeggiation of Bigger Than : :' Life, an ode to his new condition and a shimmering synth-pop ': ,: response to its cacophony. :, : : :' ôThe album comes out of seeing and experiencing a lot of ': ,: turmoil but wanting to create something positive out of it,ö :, : Stewart explains. ôI wanted to take a less selfish approach on : :' this record. Maybe IÆm just getting older, but that approach ': ,: starts to feel a little self-indulgent. Like, æOh, look at me :, : IÆm so complicated, I get that life isnÆt fair,Æ ItÆs like, : :' yeah, so does everyone. So with this record, itÆs less about ': ,: how I see things and more about the way things just are. Seeing :, : myself as a part of a lineage of people trying to do a little : :' something instead of trying to create a platform for myself ': ,: individually.ö :, : : :' As with every Black Marble album, Stewart recorded, produced, ': ,: and played everything you hear on Bigger Than Life using :, : entirely analog gear, though the process was new. This time : :' around, he wrote everything on his MPC and sequenced it live to ': ,: his synths ù only using the computer to record, not to create. :, : ôI try new approaches every time, which helps me stay engaged : :' but also its kind of a trick I play on the creative side of my ': ,: brain,ö Stewart says. ôKeeping one side of my mind busy on :, : organizational creativity I think frees up the other side where : :' the inspirational creativity comes from.ö ': : ' '.. ..' .. . :........... . . . . ............: . . ______________ ______________ \ / \ / \ / Shout out to all our homies from: \ / \ / \ / \ / iPC BOSS HiT2000 1way UKi i8 RNS \ / \ / RAGEMP3 MANDY DV8 pLAN9 BUTT \ / \ / \ / \/ ____ ____ \/ \ / F A N G \ / \/ 2 0 1 9 \/