Movietone - The Blossom Filled Streets
by Maarten Schiethart
published: 17 / 12 / 2001
Label:
Domino Records
Format: CD
intro
The care put into the making of the album is obvious. Maybe there's a hippie-appeal to it but it's best described as tender, warm and humid, if the latter can be said of a gramophone record. "The Blo
The care put into the making of the album is obvious. Maybe there's a hippie-appeal to it but it's best described as tender, warm and humid, if the latter can be said of a gramophone record. "The Blossom Filled Streets" sound as it if they're paved with rubber rocks. The very tranquillity of this album is matched by remote-sounding speech and singing. Movietone's music is dense and there's no room for dancing at all. Chamber-music comes to mind and Movietone owe quite a bit to The Young Marble Giants and The Gist as well. It may be because of my summer doldrums but there's also an incredible amount of subdued eroticism within "Blossom". The song '1930's Beach House' is sparkling, but also has disorientating touches. Quite a few of the little pearls that appear on the album sound melancholic. At the same time, however, Movietone tend to sound like seafaring youngsters. The title track is an absolute gem, filled with passion. Maybe Movietone are walking the streets on bare feet, maybe also they're the Sirens of Bristol. There are no bees on the sea, so this can't be honey-dew. I can't tell what it is that's so attractive about this album.
Track Listing:-
1 Hydra2 Star Ruby
3 1930's Beach House
4 Year Ending
5 The Blossom Filled Streets
6 Porthcurno
7 Seagulls/Bass
8 In A Marine Light
9 Night In These Rooms
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Sand And The Stars (2003) |
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| Subdued, relaxed rock from Bristol's Movietone, portions of which were written on a beach under the stars, whose quietness is its very power |
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