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{"id":8018690834682,"title":"Spirit Fest \/\/ Bear In Town LP \/ CD","handle":"spirit-fest-bear-in-town-lp-cd","description":"\u003cp\u003eTenniscoatsと\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMarkus Acherによるインディー・アヴァンポップトリオSpirit Festが、2023年9月にドイツ・ベルリンのMorr Musicからリリースしたアルバムです。\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eベッドルーム・フォーク6曲を収録。\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=203289084\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=none\/transparent=true\/\" style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" seamless=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e---------------------------------------\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAvailable as 12\" black vinyl or CD in 6-panel digisleeve. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKou-Kou Land 06:34\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLost \u0026amp; Found 03:35\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn Our House 05:52\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLike A Plane 04:23\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHill Blo 07:37\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBear In Town 05:57\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e++\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMorr Music:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eFor their fourth album, »Bear In Town«, indie avant-pop supergroup Spirit Fest made a virtue of distance, with group members split across Europe, and recording sessions taking place after a brief 2021 tour of Europe. It’s an object lesson in perseverance and commitment, as the music here is some of Spirit Fest’s most moving yet. The six songs on this album illuminate different aspects of the transnational quintet’s character – lovely, heart-rending pop songs; melancholy chants; the joys of simple repetition – with the group’s guitar pop tended by gentle flourishes of piano and electronics.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSome of those flourishes were spirited onto »Bear In Town« across the waves, with Mat Fowler (Bons, Jam Money) contributing from Britain, while the body of the music was recorded in a small apartment studio in Munich by the other members of Spirit Fest: Saya and Ueno (Tenniscoats), Markus Acher (The Notwist) and Cico Beck (Joasinho, Aloa Input). »Bear In Town« is concise and powerful, the infectious joy of the spirit communicated, beautifully, by melodies that balance the heartfelt with the melancholy. Reflecting on those sessions, Acher says, »I think the album captures how well we played together at that time.« It’s all the more impressive given this\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e material was put down live in the studio, with a few vocal overdubs. The depth of feeling at the core of Spirit Fest’s music is evident from the opening notes of »Bear In Town«. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e»Kou-Kou Land«, the first song on the album, recalls several earlier Tenniscoats songs, like »Baibaba Bimba«, in the way the musicians weave gentle complexity around a simple, repeated chant; the stop-start structure of »Kou-Kou Land« builds anticipation, while Saya’s simple melody is lovely, delivered in an absent-minded hum that’s deeply affecting. »Lost \u0026amp; Found« revolves around a delightful descending chord change that breaks up the swaying, folksy verses, gorgeous electronic whirrs and purring winds floating through the song. The following »In Our House« possesses such sweet sadness, it’s one of Spirit Fest’s most moving songs yet.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e»Like A Plane« repurposes a song that Markus Acher originally wrote and recorded for his solo EP of the same title, released on a 2022 10-inch single on Morr Music. The original was a gentle, introverted lament, but the version on »Bear In Town« has a widescreen tenderness, its melancholy framed by raindrop piano. The album concludes with two moments of playful splendour, the bossa-inflected »Hill Blo«, and the driving title track, both led by Saya, who is in stunning voice on this album; on »Bear In Town«, her awestruck wonder perfectly captures the sense of possibility in the song’s capacious chords. 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width: 100%; height: 120px;\" seamless=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e---------------------------------------\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAvailable as 12\" black vinyl or CD in 6-panel digisleeve. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKou-Kou Land 06:34\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLost \u0026amp; Found 03:35\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn Our House 05:52\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLike A Plane 04:23\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHill Blo 07:37\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBear In Town 05:57\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e++\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMorr Music:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eFor their fourth album, »Bear In Town«, indie avant-pop supergroup Spirit Fest made a virtue of distance, with group members split across Europe, and recording sessions taking place after a brief 2021 tour of Europe. It’s an object lesson in perseverance and commitment, as the music here is some of Spirit Fest’s most moving yet. The six songs on this album illuminate different aspects of the transnational quintet’s character – lovely, heart-rending pop songs; melancholy chants; the joys of simple repetition – with the group’s guitar pop tended by gentle flourishes of piano and electronics.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSome of those flourishes were spirited onto »Bear In Town« across the waves, with Mat Fowler (Bons, Jam Money) contributing from Britain, while the body of the music was recorded in a small apartment studio in Munich by the other members of Spirit Fest: Saya and Ueno (Tenniscoats), Markus Acher (The Notwist) and Cico Beck (Joasinho, Aloa Input). »Bear In Town« is concise and powerful, the infectious joy of the spirit communicated, beautifully, by melodies that balance the heartfelt with the melancholy. Reflecting on those sessions, Acher says, »I think the album captures how well we played together at that time.« It’s all the more impressive given this\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e material was put down live in the studio, with a few vocal overdubs. The depth of feeling at the core of Spirit Fest’s music is evident from the opening notes of »Bear In Town«. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e»Kou-Kou Land«, the first song on the album, recalls several earlier Tenniscoats songs, like »Baibaba Bimba«, in the way the musicians weave gentle complexity around a simple, repeated chant; the stop-start structure of »Kou-Kou Land« builds anticipation, while Saya’s simple melody is lovely, delivered in an absent-minded hum that’s deeply affecting. »Lost \u0026amp; Found« revolves around a delightful descending chord change that breaks up the swaying, folksy verses, gorgeous electronic whirrs and purring winds floating through the song. The following »In Our House« possesses such sweet sadness, it’s one of Spirit Fest’s most moving songs yet.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e»Like A Plane« repurposes a song that Markus Acher originally wrote and recorded for his solo EP of the same title, released on a 2022 10-inch single on Morr Music. The original was a gentle, introverted lament, but the version on »Bear In Town« has a widescreen tenderness, its melancholy framed by raindrop piano. The album concludes with two moments of playful splendour, the bossa-inflected »Hill Blo«, and the driving title track, both led by Saya, who is in stunning voice on this album; on »Bear In Town«, her awestruck wonder perfectly captures the sense of possibility in the song’s capacious chords. Like the rest of the album, it’s full of kindness, rich with psych-pop splendour… a balm for troubled times.\u003c\/span\u003e \"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArtist : Spirit Fest\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLabel : Morr Music\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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