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Radio Ocean by Gabriel Judet-Weinshel

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Album Title: Unpinnable Butterflies
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Released: 2021
Duration: 00:59:00

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With phrases from Arundhati Roy’s 'War Talk,' this tune is a panoptic assessment of our current planetary peril, from the absurdities of late-stage capitalism to the existential piquancy of climate collapse: ‘sea monster sucks its syrup / from the earth’s harpooned marrow / the river of dinosaurs / and the debts we flee.’ Chronicling the damage and the stakes, there is also the question of what the Artist is to do in such a world: ‘it’s a long call / from the Radio Ocean / I want an honest bargain / for the sea / mendacity in the coils of each communication / turn your phone off / and talk to me.’ There’s also a coy wink to the film producer Christine Vachon, all amid an alternating odd meter (15/8 on the verse, 7/8 on the chorus and bridge), and a swinging sax solo by Grace Kelly. The song is the title track from Judet-Weinshel's second collaboration with Grammy-nominated producer Scott Healy ("Koko On The Boulevard"). A sprawling and raucous affair, over a decade in the making, 'Radio Ocean' expands the sound of Gabriel’s sometimes intimate first record into a wider, free-wheeling and eclectic stew, channeling everything from country, to west African guitar riffs, to classic rock, psychedelic funk and freeform jazz. Gabriel Judet-Weinshel > voice, piano, nylon string guitar, clarinet, harpsichord, violin Grace Kelly > alto sax Scott Healy > accordion Shawn Pelton > drums and percussion Chris Tarry > fretless bass Maria Ahn > cello

Tracks

You; Everybody; Santa Maria (feat. JT Nero & Allison Russell); Revolutionary at the Vestibule (feat. Perla Batalla); Burden Down (feat. Grace Kelly); Sell Me the Morning (feat. Jessica Childress); All That I Know (feat. Perla Batalla & Maria Ahn); Sweet Loretta (feat. Kate Tucker); Good Kings (feat. Danny Clinch); Cracks in the Architecture; Let's Not Wage War (We'll Just Write Poetry); Radio Ocean (feat. Grace Kelly); Roses (feat. Perla Batalla)

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Date featured

September 24, 2021

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