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oh i'd been meaning to get around to that, thanks for the reminder
these versions are really immense and muscular
― ufo, Monday, 3 January 2022 06:03 (two years ago) link
Thanks for posting, as I'd forgotten about this and had meant to watch it
― Indexed, Monday, 3 January 2022 16:33 (two years ago) link
Beautifully shot, super unique, and many great performances. "Cut Me" was a highlight. Half the time I think this guy is on another level, making really inspired, interesting music. The other half I think his vocal phrasings are too complex, his songs too detached from traditional song structures, etc. Whole thing makes me think of Bjork.
― Indexed, Tuesday, 11 January 2022 16:18 (two years ago) link
three weeks pass...
Yeah. What I said over on Hype and Slander for your EOY nominations:
Some kind of Special Citation, Laurie Anderson Award, whatever you want to call it, should go to Moses Sumney, director and star ov film x album Live From Blackalachia, which takes place during a day and evening in the mountains of North Carolina---no audience, so no "How ya doin Blackalachia" etc., but you are there. A seven-piece band total, I think (three horn players eventually appear in the gloaming, all in good time), opening with what I think of as psych metal then losing me a little in second quarter diffusion of prog-associated balladry, but coming back strong and then some with the rest, incl. slow motion acrobatics of falsetto, my least favorite (and then some) form of singing--even got a little tired of it on prev. Sumney albums---but this is incredible, incl even some use of microtones? reminding me of Arthur Russell's cello bow at times---and visuals are totally appropriate at all times---meant to compare w audio-only, as usual, but this time I couldn't look away.
(Only thing comparable in recent years: The Chicks' Gaslighter, with commissioned videos by female directors for each track, but those are discrete, while this is seamless---despite cut-ins of "low-fi video," like it says in the credits, also times of day and evening can switch, never twitch.)
― dow, Thursday, 3 February 2022 00:23 (two years ago) link
one month passes...
unfortunately, I'm not going to be able to go to this (now sold out) Moses Sumney show with L'Rain at BAM in Brooklyn on Wednesday, March 30 at 8pm.
I got two balcony seats, would let them go for less than i paid for them if there are ILXORS who are into it?
five months pass...
MOSES SUMNEY ANNOUNCES LIVE CONCERT FILM, RELEASES BJÖRK COVER
A PERFORMANCE IN V ACTS ARRIVING NEXT WEEK
https://files.constantcontact.com/ce05d74a001/45834af4-5291-44a3-ba57-c20d5ce2892c.jpg?rdr=true
A Performance In V Acts (Trailer)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIYvAnYlgL0
Come to Me" (Björk Cover) & "Doomed" (Live)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnOURBw6kXk
August 24, 2022) - Moses Sumney returns to announce A Performance In V Acts, a live concert film that captures his October 31, 2021 performance at the Ford Theater in Los Angeles, with a trailer and clip of him performing fan-favorite "Doomed" along with his cover of Björk's "Come to Me." The film, made possible in partnership with YouTube's Black Voices Fund, arrives in full next week on Wednesday, August 31st.When sharing the film's trailer on Instagram, Sumney elaborated:
"A Performance in V Acts marks the official end of the græ album cycle. It's a capsule of our headline show since we will not be touring the album after all. This film also ushers in a new period of creativity for me – one in which I take a continued break from making albums and touring music to focus on other disciplines."
The film's announcement arrives on the heels of HBO announcing Sumney as a cast member on the The Idol, the forthcoming series created by Abel "The Weeknd" Tesfaye and Euphoria creator/director Sam Levinson. Sumney's announcement came this past Sunday when HBO formally shared the show's second official teaser on the heels of The Weeknd debuting it on Saturday evening during the Las Vegas stop of his After Hours Til Dawn tour.
Watch the trailer for A Performance In V Acts above now along with the performance of "Come to Me" and "Doomed," and turn on notifications via the bell at the trailer link to be alerted for the premiere.
Moses Sumney
A Performance V Acts
Tuntum
August 31st 2022
ACT I: Logos
insula
Virile
Conveyor
Quarrel
ACT II: Ethos
Colouour
In Bloom
Cut me
Bless me
ACT III: Pathos
Bystanders
Me in 20 Years
Gagarin
ACT IV: Pathos
Come to Me (Björk cover)
Doomed
ACT V: ENCORE
Plastic
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― dow, Saturday, 10 September 2022 00:08 (one year ago) link