Owen Pallett - Heartland

Yeah, I can't believe I only had it at #7 on my list last year. Could honestly see it as a decade-end contender even at this ridiculously early point.

Wow... completely surprised by the magazine that just came in my editorial-mail and landed on my desk, from the North Netherlands Orchestra. They are going to perform Heartland with Owen Pallett in its entirety in November here! Didn't see this one coming, fantastic!

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Just got home from this - swoon!

Good to hear that, etc.

But I am heartbroken... I cannot attend this Thursday because of effing last minute work obligations.. Completely gutted. ;_;

Lbi - can't you fake an illness? Seriously??

Editor-in-chief, big meeting to report... believe me man, I have tried coming up with a viable excuse, faking illness/death, but I can't pull it off... Gutted.

Dude, faking death doesn't sound very viable to me...

etc - I was there too! It was a fantastic performance, both by Pallett and his band as well as the orchestra. In the train to Amsterdam I was wondering whether he would use the orchestra to provide the loops he normally does himself, but he did them like he always did. That said, the orchestra was great and really added something to the songs. For some of them these versions were even better than on the album, imo. Specials props to the drummer, he was amazing on his muted (with dish-cloths?) kit. Did not recognize all the songs, maybe some stuff from singles/EP's associated with Heartland were used, I'm not familiar with all of those.

Two years on and I'm still not tired of this record. Still, any new material on the horizon? Owen?

^^ Co-sign. I think it was my most played album in 2011, too.

guys

I sing along to this like a fool <3

Stumbled across a copy of this on vinyl this week and excitedly bought it. Spine still reads "final fantasy"--do I have some kind of soon-to-be-rare collectors item here?

Either way, my life is now maybe .05% more complete!

Nah a bunch of them printed that way, not sure of the percentage though.

We had "the discussion" after the vinyl sleeves had already been to the printers. Canadian CDs have the same thing.

Thanks for buying my shit second-hand! You owe me $2

No I don't! 'twas a first hand, still sealed $20 copy!

well then i'm ordering in sushi tonight

On me.

you're gonna feel so bad if he gets food poisoning.

"Why, oh, why didn't I buy Heartland sooner?!"

album is really a masterpiece I gotta say & I'm actually p. critical of my friends but this record is always a fantastic trip

the last time I bought multiple copies of the same album, it was Silent Shout*

was very tempted to do so for this album though, because it's fucking badass

* thank you, The Knife, for saving me from the ignobility of admitting I bought 4 copies of The Great Milenko for absolutely no fucking reason*
** oops

I have a cd copy w final fantasy on the spine, but I still file it next to all my parliament albums

I think this is the last album I bought multiple copies of. Had ordered it online but they were late in delivering, and I couldn't wait that additional week...

I *own* multiple copies of the album, but my CD is/was a review copy.

Think the most number of copies of one album I've ever bought was 4 of London Calling: original CD, late 90's remastered CD, mid-00's "deluxe edition" CD, and vinyl.

I bought it on iTunes =)

then I burned a copy to listen to in my car =|

then I lent it to my dad and he never gave it back =(

Spinning the vinyl now. Accidentally had it on 33 when I started and got a minute in before I went over and corrected it.

Owen's voice in 33 sounds oddly like Scott Walker, btw.

*on 33

album is really a masterpiece I gotta say & I'm actually p. critical of my friends but this record is always a fantastic trip

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Thanks guys.

We played Heartland at our record club and Owen very kindly exchanged emails with me about it so I could effectively have him introduce it for us - http://devonrecordclub.wordpress.com/2012/09/30/owen-pallett-heartland-round-36-nicks-choice/

oh wow there's some really cool easter eggs(?) in there! thanks to both of y'all for sharing

Pleasure to read that and great of Owen to do it for you.

Owen’s gig at Primavera in 2010 was immense. I’ve seen some pretty special performances at Primavera over the years and it ranks amongst the finest. I haven’t listened to ‘Heartland’ for a while now but I’m soon to be reunited with all my estranged records. When I am I’ll be reading through that post again and immersing myself in it for sure.

Owen was actually a little shy about it being published, didn't think it'd add much to people's appreciation of the record, but I thought it was amazing.

owen, if i were to come out to the LPR thing would you sample a drink with me

not sure why i found this record so elusive when i listened to it twice last year. put it on again today and it's a totally open world. the strings become percussive and fracturing in "midnight directives" and i'm totally there with them

"last year" meaning 2010, jesus christ @ time

Wait, what?
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that doesn't appear to be available in the US

You're right:

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new stuff is absolutely killer. really hyped for the new LP.

there's new stuff???

4 or 5 new tracks got played during Owen's set at ATP a few weeks back. excitiiiing.

Indeed, very exciting.

this record is prog as fuck & magnificent. so much gorgeous sonic detail. v much approve of this sort of spry composition

Thanks, guy. BTW there is a new album and it is coming out in, like January. It is better than this one in some ways and worse in others (a net gain, imo).

Nothing but Smurfs covers!

is it called Fartland, y/n

Excellent.

yay

presumably delayed until January so as to avoid competing in this year's Best-Of lists, which will (from my end at least) be fairly formidable

excited! especially considering yr strange scales & temperament hints