Faten Kanaan Afterpoem (CLEAR VINYL) 12/10/13 Mark 9 Gotta Start Somewhere

Mark 9 Gotta Start Somewhere - Neal

Blake Mills

Carper finally managed to clean himself up midway through recording and the influence of his newfound sobriety weaves incongruously among the party anthems that were FIDLAR's stock-in-trade the first time around

edited rendition of "The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine" (in a style seemingly parodying the sound of Bob Dylan's Highway 61 Revisited)

like Richard & Linda Thompson’s Shoot Out the Lights

Faten Kanaan Afterpoem (CLEAR VINYL) 12/10/13 Mark 9 Gotta Start SomewhereFaten Kanaan's fifth LP Afterpoem is a mysterious, smudgy, bittersweet, and uniquely playful album. Deeply melodic, it continues her poignant exploration of counterpoint as a narrative tool. From the repetitive structures of modern minimalism and early music baroque influences to more languid textural ebbs & tides, there's a warmth in her use of electronic instruments that gives the album a curiously timeless feel. Composing intuitively, her music has