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01. PUZZLE MUTESON - We Are, We Own
02. PUZZLE MUTESON - In Circles
03. PUZZLE MUTESON - Bells
04. PUZZLE MUTESON - River Women
05. PUZZLE MUTESON - Into & Opened
06. PUZZLE MUTESON - City Teeth
07. PUZZLE MUTESON - By Night
08. PUZZLE MUTESON - Winters Hold
09. PUZZLE MUTESON - Belly
10. PUZZLE MUTESON - True Faith
11. PUZZLE MUTESON - Chair
ARTIST
TITLE
Theatrics
FORMAT
CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
HVALUR 021CD HVALUR 021CD
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
9/30/2014

Puzzle Muteson is the alter-ego of an enigmatic songwriter from the Isle of Wight, rendering his music in a tremulous tenor over a finely-spun web of finger-picked guitar. Born in London, the southern English island provided unexpected shelter for the shuddering transformation into one-man band, Puzzle Muteson. His grade-school music teacher was first to recognize his unrivalled vibrato, and a little while later, a parade of chance and coincidence led him to inhabit Puzzle Muteson, and start shaping a body of songs. Theatrics picks up where Puzzle Muteson's debut, En Garde (HVALUR 011CD/LP), left off; the 11 tracks telling an intriguing story with every minute that passes; his talent for heart-wrenching melodies and melancholic lyrics shining through like never before. Where En Garde introduced dream-like strings, Theatrics intertwines melody with mechanism; the album is as much a folk song fairytale as it is an exploration of electronic wonders. Some songs have just been born, some have slowly but surely reached their peak through years of delicate edits. And then there is the unique take on New Order's classic 1987 song "True Faith," where Puzzle Muteson breathes new life into this 1987 gem, undeniably making it his own with his trembling voice. Theatrics features many musicians at the height of their craft, including label-mates Nico Muhly and Valgeir Sigurðsson, the latter of which co-produced the album with Bo Weaver.