: ' .. .:.... . ' ' ______________ : ________ : ' \ / .. .:. .. \ / : : \ /_________ \ / . .. ... .. . : .\ / /___ /\ \ / ______________ ___ _. : \ / / \ / \ \/ / \ \ \ \ \ . ...:..\ / _______/ \/ \ ___/__ / / / / / : /\ / / \ \/ \ / / / . sH! ' / \/ / / / \ / / . ... .:.... .. . :/ _______/ / / / _______/__ ___ __ .\ / / / / / / / / / / / \ / / / / / / / / / / / . . \ /\______/ / / / / \___ / / : \/ ____ \ / / / / / : \ / \ /\____/\ / / : : ________\/ \ / \ / / : ' \ / \/ \ /\ / : . ..:.. . \ / \/ \ / \ / \ / . ' : \/ F A N G \ / : ' ____ \ / . . .. .. .:.. . \ / presents \ / . . \/ \/ : : . ..:.. , : Artist......: U.S. Girls : Album.......: Heavy Light : : Label.......: 4AD .. .:.. . Genre.......: Indie : Catnr.......: 4AD0208CD . ' Source......: CD , ; Rip.date....: 2020-03-06 Str.date....: 2020-03-06 Quality.....: 256kbps/44.1kHz/Joint Stereo . :.. .:. Url.........: http://yousgirls.blogspot.com ' ' , ________ ________ \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / # title time \ / \/ \/ 1. 4 American Dollars 5:42 2. Overtime 2:54 3. IOU 4:42 4. Advice To Teenage Self 0:50 5. State House (It's A Man's World) 1:43 6. Born To Lose 3:07 7. And Yet It Moves / Y Se Mueve 3:36 8. The Most Hurtful Thing 1:04 9. Denise, DonÆt Wait 4:20 10. Woodstock '99 2:36 11. The Color Of Your Childhood Bedroom 0:27 12. The Quiver To The Bomb 4:23 13. Red Ford Radio 2:05 ______ \ / ________ Runtime 37:29 ,\ /... . . .... .... \ / ' Size 73.49 ______ :\/ ', \ / , \ / ' '... ..\ /.. .. .....:. .. .... .. . ..\ /. : Release Notes: \/ , \/ , ' ' ,: Heavy Lights title was inspired by Franz Kafka, the master of :, : blending sociopolitical pressures with the frustration of : :' surviving in a post-industrial world, and his popular quote: ôA ': ,: belief is like a guillotine. Just as heavy, just as light.ö :, : : :' While RemyÆs lyrical concerns and thematic conceits may hang on ': ,: that tension between the personal and the political issues of :, : modern living, the music itself doesnÆt give you any chance to : :' wallow. Heavy Light is a marked departure from the swampy ': ,: robo-voodoo-disco of her previous record, the rather excellent :, : In a Poem Unlimited, and a turn towards a far more luxurious, : :' exuberant, breathless blend of soul and funk, with many sincere ': ,: gospel flourishes and a handful of gorgeous ballads. :, : : :' Written and recorded while Remy was still on tour with the ': ,: previous iteration of the band, add in its development with :, : co-writers Basia Bulat and Rich Morel, this marks Heavy Light as : :' the first U.S. Girls album to be completed entirely as a ': ,: collective, rather than Remy trying to get the right job into :, : the hands of the right person. Each being tasked with bringing : :' their disparate talents into a harmonious union - which they've ': ,: seamlessly achieved. :, : : :' Opening with ô4 American Dollarsö, itÆs just heaven from there; ': ,: a pure, ecstatic plastic soul, right down to the chiming Philly :, : Soul guitars and rapturous backing vocals. ôBorn to Loseö is one : :' of a handful of tracks that evokes Patti SmithÆs ': ,: largely-forgotten 1997 collection Peace and Noise; from RemyÆs :, : impassioned, Smith-esque vocals to the clear-eyed spiritual : :' lyrical focus. The subdued atmosphere extends out to the ': ,: bewitching, earnest longing of ôDenise, DonÆt Waitö, and the :, : haunting glow of ôIOUö, which may as well be lit by the Moon for : :' all of its seductive romanticism. ': ,: :, : The album also offers reinterpretations of three old tracks: : :' ôRed Ford Radioö, from the 2010 LP Go Grey makes an appearance ': ,: in a new guise with a haunted, ghostly thunder trailing behind :, : it. It closes the album on a startling, unsettling note û listen : :' to how claustrophobic RemyÆs voice is, and how clamorous the ': ,: instrumentation is. ôStatehouse (ItÆs a ManÆs World)ö first :, : appeared on the third U.S. Girls LP, U.S. Girls on KRAAK, and : :' now surfaces here in a rapturous gospel reworking. ': ,: :, : ôOvertimeö, from 2013 EP Free Advice Column, is transformed into : :' a slice of insistent, pulse-pounding funk û with a special ': ,: saxophone appearance by Jake Clemons, current E Street Band :, : member and nephew of the legendary, sadly missed Clarence : :' Clemons. ': ,: :, : The closest track to the sound of the previous record comes on : :' ôAnd Yet It Moves/Y Se Mueveö, filled with Latin tropicßlia and ': ,: funky percussion. ItÆs an album highlight on a record full of :, : them. Across the rest, Heavy Light covers topics ranging from : :' the personal (on ôWoodstock Æ99ö, where RemyÆs narrator ': ,: compares her experience of that disastrous day with her friends) :, : to the æplanetaryÆ, even on the conversational interludes - : :' which add their own nostalgic kick. On ôThe Quiver To The ': ,: Bombö, the focus is on how short human history is in the grand :, : scheme of universal expansion. ThereÆs even some suitably : :' cheap-sounding sci-fi synths and a dizzying vocal crescendo. ': ,: :, : From a personal perspective, you might miss the electric-burn : :' intensity of the lead guitars from In a Poem Unlimited, or you ': ,: might miss the IggyÆs The Idiot-meets-Marc :, : Bolan-and-Madonna-on-a-Tarantino-soundtrack vibes, but : :' ultimately, thereÆs just as much to enjoy here. Heavy Light is ': ,: more subdued, more restrained, and certainly more beautiful than :, : its big sister. God knows where Remy will go from here, but you : :' can rest assured that it wonÆt be boring. ': : ' '.. ..' .. . :........... . . . . ............: . . ______________ ______________ \ / \ / \ / 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 2 0 \/