: ' .. .:.... . ' ' ______________ : ________ : ' \ / .. .:. .. \ / : : \ /_________ \ / . .. ... .. . : .\ / /___ /\ \ / ______________ ___ _. : \ / / \ / \ \/ / \ \ \ \ \ . ...:..\ / _______/ \/ \ ___/__ / / / / / : /\ / / \ \/ \ / / / . sH! ' / \/ / / / \ / / . ... .:.... .. . :/ _______/ / / / _______/__ ___ __ .\ / / / / / / / / / / / \ / / / / / / / / / / / . . \ /\______/ / / / / \___ / / : \/ ____ \ / / / / / : \ / \ /\____/\ / / : : ________\/ \ / \ / / : ' \ / \/ \ /\ / : . ..:.. . \ / \/ \ / \ / \ / . ' : \/ F A N G \ / : ' ____ \ / . . .. .. .:.. . \ / presents \ / . . \/ \/ : : . ..:.. , : Artist......: Wovoka Gentle : Album.......: Start Clanging Cymbals : : Label.......: Nude Records .. .:.. . Genre.......: Indie : Catnr.......: NUDECD26 . ' Source......: CD , ; Rip.date....: 2020-08-05 Str.date....: 2019-07-07 Quality.....: 258kbps/44.1kHz/Joint Stereo . :.. .:. Url.........: http://www.wovokagentle.com/ ' ' , ________ ________ \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / # title time \ / \/ \/ 1. Salient Point 2:09 2. Punxsutawney Phil 4:28 3. Small Victory 4:11 4. [I Saw A Bright White Light] 1:34 5. 1,000 Opera Singers Working In Starbucks 4:24 6. Peculiar Form Of Sleep (Tiresias Theban) 4:47 7. [It's All OK] 0:30 8. Gennesaret 5:54 9. Tell 'Em Makoto! 5:08 10. Oystercatcher 5:16 11. Xerxes '19 (Feat. Kids Club Kampala Children's 5:13 Choir) 12. ['Josh, Shout Something!'] 1:04 13. Sin Is Crouching At Your Door (Sad Puppy !!!1!) 4:59 ______ \ / ________ Runtime 49:37 ,\ /... . . .... .... \ / ' Size 98.74 ______ :\/ ', \ / , \ / ' '... ..\ /.. .. .....:. .. .... .. . ..\ /. : Release Notes: \/ , \/ , ' ' ,: You can often tell the character of an album initially by :, : looking at the names of its tracks. æ1000 Opera Singers In : :' StarbucksÆ, æSin Is Crouching At Your DoorÆ, æPeculiar Form Of ': ,: SleepÆ, æTell æEm Makoto!Æ and æPunxsutawney PhilÆ are just some :, : of the unique and intriguing yet puzzling song titles on Wovoka : :' GentleÆs audaciously bold debut record Start Clanging Cymbals. ': ,: Those song names aptly prepare listeners for the unorthodox and :, : wild content thatÆs inside. : :' ': ,: The London groupÆs first record contains surreal, literary and :, : historically inspired lyrics that encourage subjective : :' interpretation about dreaming and prophecy. ItÆs a constantly ': ,: surprising form of psychedelic art-folk aided by a range of :, : field-recorded samples taped in the Welsh county of : :' Pembrokeshire, the quirky experimental-pop compositions of ': ,: Animal Collective and Dirty Projectors, moments of free jazz :, : (hear the Stealing Sheep BowieÆs Blackstar combo æPunxsutawney : :' PhilÆ) and a spiritual flavour that makes it easy to imagine ': ,: them performing at a bohemian cult festival. A great example of :, : this blend is the latest single æTell EmÆ MakotoÆ which begins : :' as the kind of Irish folk song heard aboard Titanic, but ': ,: transforms into a James Blake-meets-Villagers production as it :, : studies cultural embracement from the book Culture Care by : :' Makoto Fujimura. ': ,: :, : Start Clanging Cymbals is bookended by radio station jingles: : :' ôGood news, good news, good newsö and ôhappy new yearö, but ': ,: itÆs clear from early on that this is adventurous music that is :, : unlikely to be aired on many DAB radio stations besides 6 Music : :' or Radio X in the late evening. æSalient PointÆ introduces us ': ,: nicely to Wovoka GentleÆs synchronised triad harmonies, which :, : flow over ambiguous factory noise and bursts of industrial : :' ethereal electronica in the styling of Venezuelan producer ': ,: Arca. The track appears to paraphrase a biblical excerpt from :, : Corinthians (13:1) : ôIÆm a clanging cymbal / Tongues of angels : :' can fathom knowledge.ö Yet the historical and mythological ': ,: references on Start Clanging Cymbals are less about showing off :, : how university educated Wovoka Gentle appear to be, itÆs a : :' writing technique to help bring listeners into their picture ': ,: collage world, a world that slides back and forth between :, : realism and a dream-like state. : :' ': ,: On the gorgeous and magical piano-track æGennesaretÆ (called the :, : paradise of Galilee in the bible) they sing about being a : :' contemporary trend-following person in London: ôIÆm a real-life ': ,: Modern man. With my goals and a hybrid car and a watch that :, : measures my heart rate/On the city grind IÆll keep it buried as : :' I barge onto the District line.ö Yet there are moments where ': ,: the protagonist daydreams that they are sometimes ôa ?sherman :, : with a net down week on weekö or ôin the desert place I keep a : :' rattlesnake to keep away the rattlesnake.ö Are these dreams or ': ,: are they confused by which reality of theirs is true? :, : : :' They are just as confused on the bouncy chip-tune frenzy ': ,: æTiresias Theban (Peculiar Form Of Sleep)Æ. Citing a blind :, : prophet in Greek mythology who had powers of clairvoyance and a : :' poem by E.E.Cummings (note that their band name Wovoka Gentle ': ,: is also a portmanteau borrowed from different poems), itÆs a :, : philosophical study about the weird experience when youÆre not : :' sure if you are awake or sleep. ôIÆm feeling kind of messy, I ': ,: think I need a nap. Another wretched cycle. Confusion in a :, : snap. / How is dreaming anything different to waking up.ö The : :' misleadingly upbeat experimental pop song æ1,000 Opera Singers ': ,: Working In StarbucksÆ û which was inspired musically by kids TV :, : themes û takes things further by imagining a person crying for : :' help but stuck within a nightmare. The disorientated nature of ': ,: the composition and the lyrics: ôListen to my words. Consider my :, : lament. Save me from these nightmares. I donÆt think I can do it : :' now,ö really reflect this oneiric predicament well. ': ,: :, : Wovoka GentleÆs debut LP features three interludes, two donÆt : :' really contribute to the album significantly (æItÆs All OKÆ and ': ,: æJosh, Shout Something!Æ) and could have been left out entirely, :, : but æI Saw A Bright LightÆ significantly adds weight to the : :' hypnagogic and spiritual nature of the record. ItÆs a sample of ': ,: an American narrator talking over hypnotic sounds about white :, : lights as öguardian angelsö and reflective energy, sounding as : :' if itÆs been recorded from a mystical wisdom Television ': ,: channel. It could have easily featured Lord HuronÆs occult :, : parody record æVide NoirÆ. : :' ': ,: One of the most enjoyable tracks on Start Clanging Cymbals is :, : æXerxes 19Æ. A cross-continental track, that could have be named : :' after the king of Persia in fifth century BC, pairs glitchy ': ,: electronics with high-spirited child voices of Kids Club Kampala :, : Choir in Uganda. It sounds joyful but the lyrics are about a : :' personÆs choice to die to preserve dignity into a world run by ': ,: tyranic leaders. For an album that sways between reality and :, : fantasy its hard to know if this songÆs rather depressing detail : :' is metaphorical or not, but the title of the album Start ': ,: Clanging Cymbals suggests that a loud wake up call is needed in :, : all our lives. : :' ': : ' '.. ..' .. . :........... . . . . ............: . . ______________ ______________ \ / \ / \ / 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 \/