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Peripheral Vision: More Songs About Error And Shame
The Canadian quartet shares a decade-long history of live performance that translates to a collective focus of vision in the studio, on a set of seamless, splintery compositions, all from the pens of bassist either Michael Herring or guitarist Don Scott.
The tunes originate from a broad swath of inspirations: a immersion in the songwriters' neurotic psyche, art (Catalonian artist Miro), literature and stand-up comedy, and the influential and groundbreaking Talking Heads pop group.
Everything is on edge here, and the edge is razor sharp. A few hundred (or so) live shows together have shaped the band into a homeostatic organism. The "orchestrator" mixing and "additional recording" guy Jean Martin has nudged the new life form's evolution into a slightly higher path, in the creation of a sounds that tread some of the darker, more neurotic sonic alleyways.
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Track Listing
The Blunder; Syntax Error; "And the metaphysical concept of shame"; Portrait Of A Man In A Late Nineteenth Century Frame; Chubby Cello; Click Bait.
Personnel
Peripheral Vision
band / ensemble / orchestra
Michael Herring
bass, acousticDon Scott
guitar, electricTrevor Hogg
saxophone, tenor
Nick Fraser
drumsTrevor Hogg: Tenor saxophone; Don Scott: guitar; Michael Herring: bass; Nick Fraser: drums.
Album information
Title: More Songs About Error And Shame | Year Released: 2018 | Record Label: Self Produced
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