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MAMC 097CS
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$19.00
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RELEASE DATE: 5/24/2024
Cassette version. After a hiatus of five years, The Pearlfishers, Glasgow's finest, return with their ninth album for Marina -- most probably their best and most immediate one so far. Driven by main man David Scott's exceptional songwriting and sophisticated arrangements, Making Tapes For Girls is a goldmine of pop gems -- full of witty and colorful lyrics about the affirmative and healing power of music and pop escapism. It is another Pearlfishers classic in the vein of My Dad The Weatherfan and Even On A Sunday Afternoon and also David Scott's nod to Terry Hall's The Colour Field.
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MACD 097CD
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$16.50
PREORDER
RELEASE DATE: 5/24/2024
After a hiatus of five years, The Pearlfishers, Glasgow's finest, return with their ninth album for Marina -- most probably their best and most immediate one so far. Driven by main man David Scott's exceptional songwriting and sophisticated arrangements, Making Tapes For Girls is a goldmine of pop gems -- full of witty and colorful lyrics about the affirmative and healing power of music and pop escapism. It is another Pearlfishers classic in the vein of My Dad The Weatherfan and Even On A Sunday Afternoon and also David Scott's nod to Terry Hall's The Colour Field.
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MALP 097LP
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$24.00
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RELEASE DATE: 5/24/2024
LP version. After a hiatus of five years, The Pearlfishers, Glasgow's finest, return with their ninth album for Marina -- most probably their best and most immediate one so far. Driven by main man David Scott's exceptional songwriting and sophisticated arrangements, Making Tapes For Girls is a goldmine of pop gems -- full of witty and colorful lyrics about the affirmative and healing power of music and pop escapism. It is another Pearlfishers classic in the vein of My Dad The Weatherfan and Even On A Sunday Afternoon and also David Scott's nod to Terry Hall's The Colour Field.
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MA 092LP
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Marina present the first ever vinyl issues of three classic albums by Glasgow's finest, The Pearlfishers: 1999's The Young Picnickers (MA 091LP), 2001's Across The Milky Way and 2007's Up With The Larks (MA 093LP). Three albums of masterful, classic pop music, driven by main man David Scott's exceptional songwriting which was often compared to Paul McCartney, Burt Bacharach, Jimmy Webb, Todd Rundgren, and Brian Wilson. The beautifully crafted arrangements include woodwinds, trumpet, flugel horns, banjo -- and real strings! These albums also feature some of the finest Scottish musicians. Duglas T Stewart of BMX Bandits co-wrote two songs. Norman Blake of Teenage Fanclub contributed backing vocals on The Young Picnickers and co-produced four tracks on Up With The Larks. Mick Slaven, one of the most unique guitarists ever (Jazzateers, James Kirk, Paul Quinn & The Independent Group), plays on Across The Milky Way. So does trumpet maestro Colin Steele who later recorded an entire album of Pearlfishers songs in terrific jazz arrangements with Diving For Pearls (MA 082CD/LP, 2017). The Young Picnickers was selected "Indie album of the month" in MOJO magazine. Up With The Larks was recently voted one of "Scotland's favourite albums" in The Herald. "Save the world! Save the world! From this grotesque exhibition..." Gatefold sleeves with enhanced artwork and complete lyrics; includes four bonus tracks, most never released before; edition of 750.
"David Scott's compositions sound something like The Carpenters and Burt Bacharach -- except much more poppy, upbeat, and current!" --Babysue.
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MA 091LP
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Marina present the first ever vinyl issues of three classic albums by Glasgow's finest, The Pearlfishers: 1999's The Young Picnickers, 2001's Across The Milky Way (MA 092LP) and 2007's Up With The Larks (MA 093LP). Three albums of masterful, classic pop music, driven by main man David Scott's exceptional songwriting which was often compared to Paul McCartney, Burt Bacharach, Jimmy Webb, Todd Rundgren, and Brian Wilson. The beautifully crafted arrangements include woodwinds, trumpet, flugel horns, banjo -- and real strings! These albums also feature some of the finest Scottish musicians. Duglas T Stewart of BMX Bandits co-wrote two songs. Norman Blake of Teenage Fanclub contributed backing vocals on The Young Picnickers and co-produced four tracks on Up With The Larks. Mick Slaven, one of the most unique guitarists ever (Jazzateers, James Kirk, Paul Quinn & The Independent Group), plays on Across The Milky Way. So does trumpet maestro Colin Steele who later recorded an entire album of Pearlfishers songs in terrific jazz arrangements with Diving For Pearls (MA 082CD/LP, 2017). The Young Picnickers was selected "Indie album of the month" in MOJO magazine. Up With The Larks was recently voted one of "Scotland's favourite albums" in The Herald. "Save the world! Save the world! From this grotesque exhibition..." Gatefold sleeve with enhanced artwork and complete lyrics; includes four bonus tracks, most never released before; edition of 750.
"David Scott's compositions sound something like The Carpenters and Burt Bacharach -- except much more poppy, upbeat, and current!" --Babysue.
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MA 093LP
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Marina present the first ever vinyl issues of three classic albums by Glasgow's finest, The Pearlfishers: 1999's The Young Picnickers (MA 091LP), 2001's Across The Milky Way (MA 092LP) and 2007's Up With The Larks. Three albums of masterful, classic pop music, driven by main man David Scott's exceptional songwriting which was often compared to Paul McCartney, Burt Bacharach, Jimmy Webb, Todd Rundgren, and Brian Wilson. The beautifully crafted arrangements include woodwinds, trumpet, flugel horns, banjo -- and real strings! These albums also feature some of the finest Scottish musicians. Duglas T Stewart of BMX Bandits co-wrote two songs. Norman Blake of Teenage Fanclub contributed backing vocals on The Young Picnickers and co-produced four tracks on Up With The Larks. Mick Slaven, one of the most unique guitarists ever (Jazzateers, James Kirk, Paul Quinn & The Independent Group), plays on Across The Milky Way. So does trumpet maestro Colin Steele who later recorded an entire album of Pearlfishers songs in terrific jazz arrangements with Diving For Pearls (MA 082CD/LP, 2017). The Young Picnickers was selected "Indie album of the month" in MOJO magazine. Up With The Larks was recently voted one of "Scotland's favourite albums" in The Herald. "Save the world! Save the world! From this grotesque exhibition..." Gatefold sleeve with enhanced artwork and complete lyrics; includes four bonus tracks, most never released before; edition of 750.
"David Scott's compositions sound something like The Carpenters and Burt Bacharach -- except much more poppy, upbeat, and current!" --Babysue.
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MA 084CD
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Following Open Up Your Colouring Book (MA 077CD/LP, 2014), Glasgow's magnificent Pearlfishers return with Love & Other Hopeless Things. It's their eighth on Marina Records -- a superb comeback full of masterful, classic pop music, driven by main man David Scott's exceptional songwriting and arrangements. The album kickstarts with its beautiful title track -- a song in the tradition of British songwriters like Paddy McAloon and Michael Head -- about ordinary people dreaming and drowning in the big city. "Another foggy Monday morning/ Sail the ferry to town/ And think of all the people's dreams..." The song is led by a Bacharach-like flugel horn motif played by Colin Steele who recorded an entire album of Pearlfishers songs in terrific jazz arrangements: Diving For Pearls (MA 082CD/LP, 2017). Love & Other Hopeless Things also features a beautiful string quartet which recalls the graceful understatement of George Martin's classic pop arrangements. "Could Be A Street Could Be A Saint" is a celebration of life during the pre-Christmas days on Glasgow's Sauchiehall Street. You can hear the influence of Scottish popsters Pilot whose stacked acoustics and harmonies defined pop sheen in the '70s. The track finds its counterpoint in "A Walk Into The Blue Night" where you enter a magical world of "sainted streets" where songs start to flow -- with an Ennio Morricone-like combination of minor key harmonies and orchestration. "You Can Take Me There" proves that you can create captivating soundscapes with just piano, vocals and a tiny bit of guitar. The track flows on a sublime Gilbert O'Sullivan groove -- also reminiscent of Laura Nyro, one of Scott's heroes. A long-lasting Pearlfishers tradition continues with the inclusion of a quirky instrumental: "A Woman On The Verge Of Becoming A Cyclist" (talking about quirky!) sounds a lost '70s movie theme --culminating in a brass band fanfare. Love & Other Hopeless Things also features two splendid songwriting-collaborations. "Once I Lived In London" was written with Bill DeMain -- Nashville broadcaster, Grammy-nominated author, and member of US duo Swan Dive; the beautiful piece of chamber pop recalls London in the '80s. "Sometimes It Rains In Glasgow" was written and performed with Joni Mitchell/Carole King-influenced Becci Wallace. The wistful ballad "Another Sunflower" closes the album on an emotional note. Revisiting the Pearlfishers' seasonal album A Sunflower At Christmas (MA 063CD/LP, 2004), this New Year's Eve song is augmented by a stunning string arrangement.
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MA 084LP
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LP version. Following Open Up Your Colouring Book (MA 077CD/LP, 2014), Glasgow's magnificent Pearlfishers return with Love & Other Hopeless Things. It's their eighth on Marina Records -- a superb comeback full of masterful, classic pop music, driven by main man David Scott's exceptional songwriting and arrangements. The album kickstarts with its beautiful title track -- a song in the tradition of British songwriters like Paddy McAloon and Michael Head -- about ordinary people dreaming and drowning in the big city. "Another foggy Monday morning/ Sail the ferry to town/ And think of all the people's dreams..." The song is led by a Bacharach-like flugel horn motif played by Colin Steele who recorded an entire album of Pearlfishers songs in terrific jazz arrangements: Diving For Pearls (MA 082CD/LP, 2017). Love & Other Hopeless Things also features a beautiful string quartet which recalls the graceful understatement of George Martin's classic pop arrangements. "Could Be A Street Could Be A Saint" is a celebration of life during the pre-Christmas days on Glasgow's Sauchiehall Street. You can hear the influence of Scottish popsters Pilot whose stacked acoustics and harmonies defined pop sheen in the '70s. The track finds its counterpoint in "A Walk Into The Blue Night" where you enter a magical world of "sainted streets" where songs start to flow -- with an Ennio Morricone-like combination of minor key harmonies and orchestration. "You Can Take Me There" proves that you can create captivating soundscapes with just piano, vocals and a tiny bit of guitar. The track flows on a sublime Gilbert O'Sullivan groove -- also reminiscent of Laura Nyro, one of Scott's heroes. A long-lasting Pearlfishers tradition continues with the inclusion of a quirky instrumental: "A Woman On The Verge Of Becoming A Cyclist" (talking about quirky!) sounds a lost '70s movie theme --culminating in a brass band fanfare. Love & Other Hopeless Things also features two splendid songwriting-collaborations. "Once I Lived In London" was written with Bill DeMain -- Nashville broadcaster, Grammy-nominated author, and member of US duo Swan Dive; the beautiful piece of chamber pop recalls London in the '80s. "Sometimes It Rains In Glasgow" was written and performed with Joni Mitchell/Carole King-influenced Becci Wallace. The wistful ballad "Another Sunflower" closes the album on an emotional note. Revisiting the Pearlfishers' seasonal album A Sunflower At Christmas (MA 063CD/LP, 2004), this New Year's Eve song is augmented by a stunning string arrangement.
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MA 077LP
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Gatefold double LP version. Includes a CD copy of the album. It's the return of the magnificent Pearlfishers. After a long hiatus since their last album Up with the Larks (2007) -- the band from Glasgow is finally back with a brand-new album, their seventh for Marina Records. Open Up Your Colouring Book turned out rather epic -- in scope and content -- and it was well worth the wait. Welcome to a musical journey over 16 tracks and 67 minutes -- brimful with sophisticated arrangements, multi-layered vocal harmonies and extravagant key changes. It's proof that classic pop songwriting is alive and well in 2014. The album kickstarts with lovely "Diamanda." Perfectly building a bridge between the classic hook-laden Pearlfishers pop songs from their earlier albums to the slightly more reflective tunes of the new album, it bristles with chiming electric guitars and stacked vocal counterpoint. The trip continues with "To the Northland," full of acoustic guitars, timpani and a full-blown string section. The song recalls main Pearlfisher David Scott's days in the early 1980s and the social and political turmoil of that time. It's one of the many songs on the album that takes escape and flight as a central theme. "The Last Days of September" leaves the frosty streets and empty cafés of a dying town behind on a Midlake meets Mamas And The Papas choir. "Gone in the Winter" moves in the opposite direction, on the trail of disappeared music icon Bobbie Gentry to an epic finale recalling Dennis Wilson's Pacific Ocean Blue. The title-track is a trip of its own -- a widescreen landscape of musical sections and emotions, extremely rich in detail, showcasing David Scott's truly unique sense of melody, songwriting and arrangement. Continuing a good-old Pearlfishers tradition, the album includes a quirky instrumental. "Attacked by Mountain Cats" sounds like a lost Morricone theme from a late '60s Italian movie, including some mad whistling. The multi-stacked vocals and sacred beauty of "Silly Bird" recall the Beach Boys' Friends period. Over the years David Scott worked with the likes of BMX Bandits, Isobel Campbell, Norman Blake and Bill Wells. Open Up Your Colouring Book includes two of those collaborations -- both with New York City-based songwriters. "Chasing All the Good Days Down" was written with Amy Allison (with whom Scott released the album Turn Like the World Does, 2012). The heartbreaking ballad "I Don't Want to Know About It" was co-written with Erin Moran aka A Girl Called Eddy. "You Can't Escape the Way You Feel" sounds like a straight '70s AM radio smash à la Todd Rundgren -- with superb falsetto vocals and a great horn-driven outro. Two piano-based tunes close the album: The Jimmy Webb-ish "Her Heart Moves Like the Sea Moves" and "A Christmas Tree in a Hurricane" -- played on a deeply reverbed Wurlitzer piano -- bring the journey to a great emotional finale.
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MA 077CD
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It's the return of the magnificent Pearlfishers. After a long hiatus since their last album Up with the Larks (2007) -- the band from Glasgow is finally back with a brand-new album, their seventh for Marina Records. Open Up Your Colouring Book turned out rather epic -- in scope and content -- and it was well worth the wait. Welcome to a musical journey over 16 tracks and 67 minutes -- brimful with sophisticated arrangements, multi-layered vocal harmonies and extravagant key changes. It's proof that classic pop songwriting is alive and well in 2014. The album kickstarts with lovely "Diamanda." Perfectly building a bridge between the classic hook-laden Pearlfishers pop songs from their earlier albums to the slightly more reflective tunes of the new album, it bristles with chiming electric guitars and stacked vocal counterpoint. The trip continues with "To the Northland," full of acoustic guitars, timpani and a full-blown string section. The song recalls main Pearlfisher David Scott's days in the early 1980s and the social and political turmoil of that time. It's one of the many songs on the album that takes escape and flight as a central theme. "The Last Days of September" leaves the frosty streets and empty cafés of a dying town behind on a Midlake meets Mamas And The Papas choir. "Gone in the Winter" moves in the opposite direction, on the trail of disappeared music icon Bobbie Gentry to an epic finale recalling Dennis Wilson's Pacific Ocean Blue. The title-track is a trip of its own -- a widescreen landscape of musical sections and emotions, extremely rich in detail, showcasing David Scott's truly unique sense of melody, songwriting and arrangement. Continuing a good-old Pearlfishers tradition, the album includes a quirky instrumental. "Attacked by Mountain Cats" sounds like a lost Morricone theme from a late '60s Italian movie, including some mad whistling. The multi-stacked vocals and sacred beauty of "Silly Bird" recall the Beach Boys' Friends period. Over the years David Scott worked with the likes of BMX Bandits, Isobel Campbell, Norman Blake and Bill Wells. Open Up Your Colouring Book includes two of those collaborations -- both with New York City-based songwriters. "Chasing All the Good Days Down" was written with Amy Allison (with whom Scott released the album Turn Like the World Does, 2012). The heartbreaking ballad "I Don't Want to Know About It" was co-written with Erin Moran aka A Girl Called Eddy. "You Can't Escape the Way You Feel" sounds like a straight '70s AM radio smash à la Todd Rundgren -- with superb falsetto vocals and a great horn-driven outro. Two piano-based tunes close the album: The Jimmy Webb-ish "Her Heart Moves Like the Sea Moves" and "A Christmas Tree in a Hurricane" -- played on a deeply reverbed Wurlitzer piano -- bring the journey to a great emotional finale.
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MA 070EP
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The Pearlfishers proudly announce the release of the 7" single, The Umbrellas Of Shibuya, taken from their album, Up With The Larks. This 7" is strictly limited and available on white vinyl. "The Umbrellas Of Shibuya" takes its reference point from Michel Legrand's classic movie opera, The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg, but locates itself in a Tokyo rainstorm -- with neon puddles, painted in Morricone banjos, Sakamoto synth blooms, Nilsson mouth music and David Scott's unique sense of melody and structure. The B-side features the exclusive new track, "Clumsy."
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MA 069CD
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After an extended hiatus, Glasgow's The Pearlfishers return refreshed and improved with Up With The Larks, their sixth album for Marina Records -- the latest in a line of orch-pop masterpieces. The album is clear evidence that main Pearlfisher David Scott continues his unique musical journey with renewed joy and verve -- and that classic songwriting and well-crafted arrangements are alive and well in 2007. Joyous title track, "Up With The Larks" starts it off, rich with lush vocal harmonies, multi-layered guitar texture, the wild jangle of a battered upright piano and exquisite melodic twists and turns. Teenage Fanclub's Norman Blake co-produced four of the album's cuts, starting with "The Bluebells" -- a beautiful, string-laden rumination on the turning of seasons. "Womack and Womack" recalls Scott's early days running with the hawks of the major music industry and "Ring The Bells For A Day" is complete with the glittering Big Star chime of massed Fender Stratocasters. The Pearlfishers' 2006 Japanese tour with BMX Bandits is thrillingly recounted in "The Umbrellas Of Shibuya," a song which references Michel Legrand's classic movie opera, The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg, but locates itself in a Tokyo rainstorm -- with neon puddles, painted in Morricone banjos, Sakamoto synth blooms, Nilsson mouth music and, most tellingly, Scott's truly unique sense of melody and structure. Another highlight is the Randy Newman-esque "With You On My Mind," which sounds like a lost Tin Pan Alley classic arranged by Van Dyke Parks. "London's In Love" could be the theme song to an as-yet-to-be-made romantic comedy blockbuster, set in the "blue black air" of Britain's capital, full of promise and heartbreak. The Pearlfishers, firmly rooted in the classic tradition of three-minute cinematics as pioneered by Webb, McCartney and Rufus Wainwright, reach a great finale with the album's closing songs: "Blue Riders On The Range," a sparkling widescreen epic (sounding like Marvin & Diana doing Ram) and the gorgeous, pastoral "I Just See The Rainbow," which ends the album on an optimistic note.
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Originally released by Marina Records in 2004. Reviving a good old pop tradition, this Glasgow pop band produced an entire mini-album of exclusive Christmas songs. This record -- the band's fifth for Marina -- features seven original compositions by main Pearlfisher David Scott and a lovely treatment of the Christmas classic "Away In A Manger." "Snowboardin'" kicks off the trip into a winter wonderland -- an uplifting Beach Boys-ish groover full of festive joy. Drenched in sleighbells, glockenspiel and backing vocals, it makes you wanna slide down snowy hills. "Winter Road" is a beautiful Christmas tale of hope in dark times, and one of the strongest Pearlfishers songs yet. "Blue December (In The City)" is a piano-based ballad with a great intro and a beautiful late night vibe -- Cole Porter meets Paul McCartney. Picking up the tempo, "Snow Plus Christmas" introduces party-vibe bass drum pumps, and "Ice Race" is pure ba-ba-ba heaven featuring great Swingle Singers-like vocal harmonies. "The Snow Lamb" and "Away In A Manger/A Sunflower At Christmas" close the record in a more introspective mood. Both tracks feature intricate arrangements and multi-layered vocals -- each listen revealing beautiful new details: "The Snow Lamb" has an almost Bach-like quality to it -- built on a repetitive enchanting rhythm pattern. After you've listened to this, you really believe it's Christmas... snowmen may have a meltdown.
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MA 065CD
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"Re-release in a digipack with 3 bonus tracks. An ever-shifting Scottish group led by singer/songwriter David Scott, the only constant member, The Pearlfishers are a glorious soft pop band mixing acoustic-based music with subtle orchestral flourishes, rather like a Glasgow-based Prefab Sprout with a major Brian Wilson fixation. Since forming in 1989, The Pearlfishers have refined and broadened their sound while maintaining a steadily growing cult following. David Scott began writing songs while a teenager in Glasgow in the early '80s. In the summer of 1984, Scott played his earliest bedroom efforts to local musician Bobby Henry, who offered to put a pair of them on The Shift Compilation, an anthology of Glasgow bands released on Henry's own Shift Records. Released under the band name Chewy Raccoon, a joke name that stuck, the songs attracted enough attention that Scott and the band were signed to Shift's distributor, Phonogram, who released the group's sole single, 'Don't Touch Me,' in August 1985."
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MA 063LP
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LP version. Originally released by Marina Records in 2004. Reviving a good old pop tradition, this Glasgow pop band produced an entire mini-album of exclusive Christmas songs. This record -- the band's fifth for Marina -- features seven original compositions by main Pearlfisher David Scott and a lovely treatment of the Christmas classic "Away In A Manger." "Snowboardin'" kicks off the trip into a winter wonderland -- an uplifting Beach Boys-ish groover full of festive joy. Drenched in sleighbells, glockenspiel and backing vocals, it makes you wanna slide down snowy hills. "Winter Road" is a beautiful Christmas tale of hope in dark times, and one of the strongest Pearlfishers songs yet. "Blue December (In The City)" is a piano-based ballad with a great intro and a beautiful late night vibe -- Cole Porter meets Paul McCartney. Picking up the tempo, "Snow Plus Christmas" introduces party-vibe bass drum pumps, and "Ice Race" is pure ba-ba-ba heaven featuring great Swingle Singers-like vocal harmonies. "The Snow Lamb" and "Away In A Manger/A Sunflower At Christmas" close the record in a more introspective mood. Both tracks feature intricate arrangements and multi-layered vocals -- each listen revealing beautiful new details: "The Snow Lamb" has an almost Bach-like quality to it -- built on a repetitive enchanting rhythm pattern. After you've listened to this, you really believe it's Christmas... snowmen may have a meltdown.
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