owen pallett - island (2020)

FYI, Owen performance in about 90 minutes on blogotheque’s Instagram live: here

This is great. A beautifully slow 'I Am Not Afraid' on guitar now.

I find Instagram live is not a great format for anything but this was still fab.

"A Bloody Morning" is also my favorite (I hadn't even noticed that lovely verse Roz likes).

It reminds me of late eighties John Cale.

Agreed Lamonti. This was the first of these 'lockdown' shows I've watched. W/ 40mins or so it was a perfect length (ie. not longer).

I miss the vibey keyboards on the new live version of Lewis Takes Off His Shirt but change is good! You must really trust your guitar straps OP :)

Thanks for watching! Yeah that guitar strap combined with some extra sun on my shoulders has left me feeling raw today.

really big fan of the drums in "a bloody morning"

almost like it's a good drummer ;)

oh it's greg fox! of course!

tbr it is so great hearing Fox doing something a little more restrained than usual, his touch and sensitivity really comes through

as a big possession fan i love the "paragon of order" lyric about sisters faith and chance

Searched but didn't get a hit - is there a cd version coming?

Brad you’re the only person in the world who caught that and yes you’re right

CD/vinyl in November? I’m getting a whopping NINE releases all pressed at the same time (soundtracks, reissues etc)

Also I broke edge yesterday and had some White Claws at a Pride party and I just realized that I changed my username to remind myself of a new product idea that’s a hybrid of wet wipes and hot pockets

Thanks for the cd info! I will be patient.

Was holding out for a CD but could t Stan RKT anymore so bought files the other day. This is wonderful. The Drake-y guitar is beautiful and unexpected- that note is well deserved.

Thank you, Owen.

That’s a strange typo.

this album unfortunately seems like it was very overlooked in general but it's absolutely one of the best this year

Thanks guys! I posted about it on Facebook, but last month I got a really nice note from "The Estate Of Nick Drake" (his sister and her partner). They said they "could hear the ghosts of Nick and Molly roaming through these songs" and that they "rejoiced that they were in such wonderful hands" :) They also gave me a book of Molly's poetry. So sweet!

aw that is very dear!

oh that is just the nicest thing

incredible

Wow

aw that’s so lovely

awesome. now put out a studio version of riverman!

'Grats, fgti.

And I second ulysses's suggestion.

Wonderful.

And thirded! :)

Way ahead of you :)

Also I'm gonna be releasing the "demo version" of the album from 2017, download-only, included with the vinyl release in November. Certain songs ("Transformer") are virtually the same, others ("A Bloody Morning", "In Darkness") are completely different.

Nice. It’s an incredible album.

Yeah I'm still listening to this all the time and it's also made me revisit In Conflict and Heartland a lot in recent months.

And revisit Nick Drake actually. Boy he was good.

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/697807065

Owen on TrueAnon Twitch playing and talking w/ Yung Chomsky

oh hey
https://thecreativeindependent.com/people/musician-owen-pallett-on-being-thoughtful-about-each-decision-you-make/

the description of their lyric writing process makes me seriously want to try it myself

What you do is before you go to bed, you open up your web browser, and pick a songwriter whose lyrics you really admire. So let’s say that person is Cass McCombs

Missed opportunity to shoo in Gaz Coombes imo

Great interview!

Yeah Max transcribed what I was saying as "pre-writing" which sounds kinda gross

I was saying "free writing" but I guess I was mumbling

oh hey, some upthread prayers have been answered

https://evernewohcanada.bandcamp.com/track/river-man-nick-drake-cover

niiiiiiiiiiiiice

Wow, that's remarkably faithful.

yeah, real fidelity and love shining through

fgti, can i assume you have heard and/or are a fan of the andy bey version? or are into andy bey in general?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SlN_hP3kYc

oh god this is so good

Yep I know it and love it :)

figured! bey is important to me.

Is there still a November vinyl release in the works, or has the ever-roiling shit show of 2020 ruined that too?

I approved a side-split on the vinyl that was wrong. Test-pressing arrived and the track order was bad (because I approved an incorrect tracklist) so we had to get a repress. It's my fault! But yeah shit-show 2020 also has been making it slow, also. Pre-order for vinyl will be up November, delivery in January

I got some videos coming in the next month and a Tiny Desk, that's exciting

I listened to this album an awful lot cycling back from the beach into the city this summer, and I can tell you it is good for that, particularly with a warm pre-storm wind around. Looking forward to putting it on the turntable through winter — and some more videos!

looking forward to that tiny desk

Revisting Island while stemming the ebb of a low depression on this foggy DC day.