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On its second album, the Asheville five-piece goes big and loud, scaling up its shoegaze-indebted sound while frontwoman Karly Hartzman buries an undercurrent of anxiety beneath the clutter.
Prelude To Ecstasy is a pendulum which swings between the extremes of human emotion - from the ecstasy of passion to the sublimity of pain - and it is this concept which binds our album together.
The anatomy of an MJ record might go something like this: warped pedal steels and skuzzed out guitar; crackin' a cold one with some buds; a voice reminiscent of the high-lonesome warble of a choirboy.
The album is alive with vital nuance both sonically and thematically, gesturing towards a deeper autobiographical story that taps into something painfully universal without being too overt.
In this comprehensive album hear the best of Sly and The Family Stone! Featuring "Family Affair", "Dance to the Music", "Stand!", "Everyday People", "Hot Fun in the Summertime", and many more.
This is a strange but quite lovely one. Beirut’s usual palette is here - wistful horns, trembly vocals, waltzing rhythms - but it's filtered through something colder and more ghostly.