Paper White [EP]

Tarentel | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 1, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: EP
• Label: Temporary Residence
• ASIN: B0007LXOVO
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #574,725 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

NME

"...Tarentel...are an extremely slow and lovely cross between...Red House Painters and the sainted Godspeed You! Black Emperor."

Product Description

If last year’s breakthrough album 'We Move Through Weather' was Tarentel’s high water mark, then these two companion EPs could be interpreted as the rise and fall of that flood. The same recording sessions are responsible for all three releases: 'Paper White' represents the beginning, 'We Move Through Weather' is the inspired centerpiece, and the 43-minute 'Big Black Square' signals the smoky ending.

Played in succession, the three releases chart Tarentel’s journey from dynamic, guitar-driven instrumentalists to perpetually curious treasure hunters of the mysterious sounds that most of us take for granted. If this were the end of Tarentel’s story, they would have enough riches to last a lifetime. Eight years into their career, however, it seems they’ve only just begun.

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Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Explosive sounds from the exceptional Tarentel, January 19, 2006

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RDS (Toronto, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Paper White (Audio CD)

As a fairly brief four-track EP, Tarentel's Paper White is a concise and explosive expression of the band's ever-evolving sound, and one of their finest releases to date. The addition of various horns and woodwinds (thanks the addition of Steve Dye to the fold and his arsenal of homemade instruments) to their standard lineup of guitars, bass and drums adds an intense allure and complexity to their already burgeoning, thunderous yet melodic compositions (call it instrumental rock, post-rock, whatever), which are both hypnotic and challenging all at once. Bewitching, and highly recommended.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Trading experimentation with laziness, January 1, 2008

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IRate - See all my reviews

This review is from: Paper White (Audio CD)

2 1/2

Along with their bloated full length WMTW, Tarentel's Paper White EP signified the end of a formerly intoxicating band's melodic enslavement into something far clunkier and uninspired. Whatever point the group decided to hop around to undercooked tempos while letting nearly all that used to be musically sublime dry out around heroin drumming was truly the nail in this promising band's artistic coffin.

2 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Review from the Synthesis, June 21, 2005

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Synthesis_jason (Chico, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Paper White (Audio CD)

With Paper White and Big Black Square, Tarentel walk a fine line between what's considered an EP as opposed to a full-length album. The release of Big Black Square is a 40-minute-plus improvisation that makes the listening experience tedious. Tarentel have a vague idea of where they want to go, they just don't have a compass, and nothing proves this more than the aforementioned track. Ambient noises and feedback play out for 15 minutes before the drumbeat comes in, going for another 15 minutes over feedback before finally fading away into more ambient noises. Paper White is somewhat of the same approach, yet the songs are much shorter, with softening touches of acoustic guitar and piano leaving one pleasantly confused.

- Nick Walker

Synthesis.net