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All Most Heaven Ep

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This EP sounds different than any other Palace/Oldham album I've heard. It put me off a little at first, but it's one of those CDs that sounds better with each listen. Much more polished production. Lots of violins and backup vocals. Oldham's voice sounds great, cracking in and out of key and often barely reaching the notes.

drag city compatriots like edith frost, archer prewitt and jim o'rourke accompany will and rian on this stable of barqoue oldham hymns and even sing alongs...it casts magic in your fever and gives you the respite that only will can....for he is like the fountain in everything that weeps until we see fit to toss our commerce in...pretty and eery, with the right amount of tension thrown in....i say buy it and see your life blossom...so put down the latest fill-in-the-blank [music] you were thinking about and get this....and then start on the fortunate journey of all of the palace era renderings up to bonnie prince billy.... for it is all the reason god gave us ears.

a nice little bundle of songs of the duo at their usual bests. a little more symphonic than i was expecting, but this was a nice surprise.

lush, cascading arrangements, and above all MEMORABLE MELODIES make this little gem one of my favorite Oldham releases. His unique warble is especially endearing here, matched w/ Rian Murphy's(Drag City)compositions. My favorite is track 3; days will pass before I can get it out of my head, and I could be nuttier than squirrel turds, but the last song is reminiscent of Neil Diamond. All 4 tracks are killer, and the cover art is pretty rich too.
**For some more Rian Murphy stuff, check out the commentary tracks he contributes to Pavement's "Slow Century" DVD--funny, funny stuff.

this is really good! wobbly and weird, your mother might like it too. folky orchestral pop. great pictures. they look sophisticated!