owen pallett - island (2020)

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.

struggling to think of a more perfect melody than the one in the chorus of "paragon of order"

it is a beautiful song on a beautiful album imo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0_JKdTkjus

here's the tiny desk. really lovely to hear the reworked old songs too, the new arrangements with guitar are wonderful

1-5 in my top played tracks on my Spotify round up are from this record.

Is https://www.secretcityrecords.com/artists/owen-pallett/ the best place to keep checking for a physical (cd) release? (Other than the man posting himself?)

Pre-orders for physical are scheduled to go up next week.. I'll post about it on this thread when they arrive so you don't need to keep checking :)

Feel very much like I should buy the most lavish bonus-encrusted version available

https://www.dominomusic.com/releases/owen-pallett/island/exclusive-limited-double-lp?fbclid=IwAR2uFkAd63CtyZhpnBcl-QcKfdocOu1_F1zhX3dj_kfulP8l_Gjr-vFll7c Bonus-encrusted version here

New video, too, if you please. Eric Kostiuk Williams is the BEST

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ny0tDu4qVgI

wow that's quite something! both videos from this album have been really so great. did you commission roughly what visual storyline you wanted from Eric (beyond the initial scenario) or was it all his interpretation?

holy fuck i LOVE EK William, what a great collabo! He's a lovely lovely human in the scant time i had meeting him too; so nice to see the two of you connected.

further reference: https://www.instagram.com/kostiukwilliams/

The first artist I thought of when listening to "A Bloody Morning": John Cale.

I can't wait for you guys to see the second video (on Monday!) it's so, so great, Eric is great. imago, the videos were storyboarded by Eric and I both. The final shot of "Paragon" was the result of the two of us talking enthusiastically about the zoom-out shot on Kylie Minogue's video for "Slow"

The first artist I thought of when listening to "A Bloody Morning": John Cale.

Yep, definitely, it sounds like Wrong Way Up. Rollie told me the other day that he thought I picked the wrong first single, and I really agree-- "A Bloody Morning" was always meant to be a "deep cut", a kind of cathartic moment in the middle of a more subdued album. We ended up using it regardless because of how strong the video turned out.

TSJ covered "A Bloody Morning" and it received the second-highest score of the year! http://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=29609

(on Monday!)

oh here it is!! so the three best tracks off Island (imo) all have videos now :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHks5ssvsgI

spectacular obv

TSJ otm, everyone go vote etc

It is extremely moving to read such generous and invested responses to that song, I am tearing up a lot over here

TSJ score well deserved!

I say this every time I see his reviews but I've played soccer with Vikram Joseph and he's the loveliest

Lovely takes on the song, one by one, and very otm (and deserved).

Out now streaming, somehow i didn't know Owen did this score!
https://pitchfork.com/news/arcade-fire-and-owen-pallett-releasing-her-score-for-the-first-time/

Physical formats of this are out in April.