: ' .. .:.... . ' ' ______________ : ________ : ' \ / .. .:. .. \ / : : \ /_________ \ / . .. ... .. . : .\ / /___ /\ \ / ______________ ___ _. : \ / / \ / \ \/ / \ \ \ \ \ . ...:..\ / _______/ \/ \ ___/__ / / / / / : /\ / / \ \/ \ / / / . sH! ' / \/ / / / \ / / . ... .:.... .. . :/ _______/ / / / _______/__ ___ __ .\ / / / / / / / / / / / \ / / / / / / / / / / / . . \ /\______/ / / / / \___ / / : \/ ____ \ / / / / / : \ / \ /\____/\ / / : : ________\/ \ / \ / / : ' \ / \/ \ /\ / : . ..:.. . \ / \/ \ / \ / \ / . ' : \/ F A N G \ / : ' ____ \ / . . .. .. .:.. . \ / presents \ / . . \/ \/ : : . ..:.. , : Artist......: audiobooks : Album.......: Astro Tough : : Label.......: Heavenly Recordings .. .:.. . Genre.......: Electronic : Catnr.......: HVNLP183CD . ' Source......: CD , ; Rip.date....: 2021-10-02 Str.date....: 2021-10-01 Quality.....: 260kbps/44.1kHz/Joint Stereo . :.. .:. Url.........: http://www.heavenlyrecordings.com ' ' , ________ ________ \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / # title time \ / \/ \/ 1. The Doll 3:55 2. LaLaLa It's The Good Life 2:18 3. The English Manipulator 2:57 4. He Called Me Bambi 5:04 5. Blue Tits 4:10 6. First Move 3:39 7. Driven By Beef 2:31 8. Trouble In Business Class 4:58 9. Black Lipstick 6:14 10. Farmer 3:32 ______ \ / ________ Runtime 39:18 ,\ /... . . .... .... \ / ' Size 77.49 ______ :\/ ', \ / , \ / ' '... ..\ /.. .. .....:. .. .... .. . ..\ /. : Release Notes: \/ , \/ , ' ' ,: David Wrench and Evangeline Ling make an unlikely pairing: he a :, : veteran producer who's worked with David Byrne, Frank Ocean and : :' Caribou; she a recent Goldsmiths art graduate and model. As ': ,: audiobooks though, they've created a winning formula, with :, : Ling's eccentric vocal performance giving a human quirk to : :' Wrench's uber-clean production. On their second album Astro ': ,: Tough, it's a combination that proves endlessly fruitful. :, : : :' Anyone who has seen them live will attest that the pair don't ': ,: shy away from weirdness, and there's plenty of that here - :, : opener 'The Doll' is especially off-kilter, with Ling weaving a : :' surrealist narrative around the pulsating, meditative beat. ': ,: 'LaLaLa It's The Good Life' answers the question "What if 100 :, : gecs, but for adults?", an ode, like much of the album, to : :' London's nightlife. If the album centres on the dancefloor ': ,: thematically, it also does so sonically. :, : : :' audiobooks know how to make people dance, and tracks like ': ,: 'Black Lipstick' and 'First Move' are destined to become :, : audience favourites. The latter, about the heady anticipation : :' that comes before a night out, sees Ling take on the role of ': ,: the narrator, oscillating between empathy and voyeurism. Her :, : imaginative and graphic storytelling throughout Astro Tough : :' calls to mind writers like Leonora Carrington or Lydia Davis in ': ,: its endearing strangeness, particularly on 'The English :, : Manipulator' and the brooding 'He Calls Me Bambi'. If Wrench's : :' masterful production is the expertly-made canvas, it's this ': ,: storytelling which gives the record its colour, and combined :, : they make a brilliant piece of art. : :' ': : ' '.. ..' .. . :........... . . . . ............: . . ______________ ______________ \ / \ / \ / 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 1 \/