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01. ORMONDE - Beach
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02. ORMONDE - A Grand Design
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03. ORMONDE - Paintings
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04. ORMONDE - Collapse
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05. ORMONDE - Explorer/Cartographer
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06. ORMONDE - Threshold
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07. ORMONDE - Strange Wind
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08. ORMONDE - Fast Forward
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09. ORMONDE - Snake
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ARTIST
ORMONDE
TITLE
Cartographer/Explorer
FORMAT
CD
LABEL
GIZEH RECORDS
CATALOG #
GZH 057CD
GZH 057CD
GENRE
ROCK
RELEASE DATE
11/11/2014
Ormonde
are
Anna-Lynne Williams
(
Trespassers William
/
Lotte Kestner
) and
Robert Gomez
, and
Cartographer/Explorer
is the Seattle band's second album. Individually, the two members of Ormonde have impressive CVs: Williams toured with
Damien Rice
,
Feist
,
Broken Social Scene
and
Explosions In The Sky
during her time in Trespassers William and also co-wrote and sang "Hold Tight London" on
Chemical Brothers
'
Push the Button
album. Gomez is a respected producer/multi-instrumentalist who has worked with
John Grant
,
Centro-matic
and
Sarah Jaffe
and was previously signed to Bella Union. Ormonde, however, is where the two locate their shared vision, and it's a spellbinding place to spend some time. In contrast to their debut,
Cartographer/Explorer
is a much more ambitious affair. Primarily written and recorded in an immersive two-week period, the songs have a late-night, narcotic quality. They frequently center themselves around repeating guitar or organ/synth phrases and passages, slowly spinning out captivating webs of sound. Williams concentrates on her words and singing, whereas Gomez provides the lion's share of the instrumentation, incorporating beats and processed drums into the mix, submerging them under liberal reverb and effects. Gomez himself takes lead vocals on four of the album's ten songs -- with the purity of Williams' voice winding around his slurred, somewhat sinister tones -- with "A Grand Design" being a perfect example of how the combination of their voices, together and separate, is one of the album's strongest features. It perhaps comes as little surprise that Ormonde spent time watching the second series of
Twin Peaks
during recording. There's a similar fascination with the undercurrents of love, death, and trust, and the anxiety of whether our interactions with others are harmonious or destructive. Thisis a wonderful album, compelling in its subtle moves, finding its own sweet way as only the best records do.
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