John Cale's third appearance this month, following a shared birthday knees up with Martin Fry of ABC and an appearance in my #Colours Top 20 selection over yonder on Twitter.
And no, today's post title isn't a comment on Mr. Cale's career but a subtitle lifted from the video to his latest single and video, How We See The Light, which was released on Tuesday, ahead of a new album, POPtical Illusion, on 14th June.
Health warning: as the thumbnail indicates, the video contains repeated images of oversize papier mache heads.
A piano-driven number, How We See The Light feels a little, er, lighter than the dense soundscapes of previous album Mercy, although the promo blurb promises that POPtical Illusion retains "the same feelings of fierce and inquisitive rage" that informed it's predecessor.
There's a gorgeous looking limited edition (of 1000) double album on respective pink and mint vinyl, with 12 songs, a bonus 7" with 2 exclusive songs and a download to access two CD-only songs. There's also POPitem, described as "a limited edition illusionary twirling paper Objet".
Sounds lovely, but at £59.99 a little rich for my tastes and in my efforts to manage my in-house clutter, I'll likely eschew even the CD format and go for the download. All available from the Domino label website.
Thanks for the tip-off
ReplyDeleteMy pleasure, Ernie!
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ReplyDeleteRecord companies really cottoning on to the fact that there's rip-off prices to be extracted from fans really keen to pick up what are described as 'limited editions.' Seem and feels as if every week is akin to RSD. Not good.
It cost less to see John perform live in concert last year. Lovely though it looks, I'll make do without the objet and lavish packaging on this occasion and just enjoy the digital download. The exclusive tracks on the bonus 7" singles have invariably made themselves available further down the line, so I'm happy to wait.
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