You know what I love? I love conceptual follow-ups. Somebody establishes some concept, and then some years later follows that concept up? Mmmm, that shit is like catnip for me, which is why I broke two computer mice, a keyboard, and the spirit of a beleaguered IT guy this morning trying to type this post up. You see, Christian Fennesz just announced the conceptual follow-uppiest of conceptual follow-ups you can imagine — a new full-length called Bécs (pronounced “baeetch”). He’s described it as a conceptual follow-up to 2001’s Endless Summer, an album which has been thoroughly noted for its highly conceptual concepts. Out April 28, this is Fennesz’s first album with Editions Mego since Endless Summer, and it’s his first album period since 2008’s Black Sea (TMT Review). You can pre-order it right here.
But I’m getting ahead of myself. I haven’t even quoted from the press release or made a list of adjectives and descriptive phrases about the album yet! So, um, “Bécs is not just an album or a series of songs, it’s a world to inhabit, a landscape ripe with sounds, songs and that esteemed Fennesz signature.” It’s also all of the following: less droney than Black Sea, “epic, evocative, beautiful, impossible,” musical, redolent, alluring, pulchritudinous, resplendent, visionary, consisting of music songs, available on CD and LP, mastered by Rashad Becker, expressive, resonant, emotional, assured, and disruptive. Now how’s that for a list? Really gets your mind going doesn’t it? Hows about I just embed “The Liar” below and we call this news post a day? After all, the IT guy I bummed out earlier this morning isn’t going to apologize to himself.
Bécs tracklisting:
01. Static Kings
02. The Liar
03. Liminality
04. Pallas Athene
05. Bécs
06. Sav
07. Paroles
• Christian Fennesz: http://www.fennesz.com
• Editions Mego: http://editionsmego.com
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