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01. SPECTRES - Drag (Vision Fortune)
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02. SPECTRES - Where Flies Sleep (Jah Hatt Fears Spectres)
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03. SPECTRES - The Sky Of All Places (Hookworms)
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04. SPECTRES - Family (Oliver Wilde)
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05. SPECTRES - This Purgatory (Blood Music)
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06. SPECTRES - Mirror (Giant Swan)
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07. SPECTRES - Blood In The Cups (Dominic Mitchison)
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08. SPECTRES - Sink (Factory Floor)
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09. SPECTRES - Lump (Gramrcy)
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10. SPECTRES - Sea Of Trees (Richard Fearless)
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11. SPECTRES - Mirror (Robert Hampson)
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12. SPECTRES - Sea Of Trees (Andy Bell)
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13. SPECTRES - This Purgatory (Stuart Braithwaite -- Mogwai)
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ARTIST
SPECTRES (UK)
TITLE
Dead
FORMAT
2LP
LABEL
SONIC CATHEDRAL
CATALOG #
SCR 091LP
SCR 091LP
GENRE
ROCK
RELEASE DATE
5/13/2016
Double LP version.
Dead
finds the songs from Bristol band
Spectres
' acclaimed 2015 debut
Dying
(SCR 090CD/B-LP) remixed by
Mogwai
,
Factory Floor
,
Hookworms
,
Richard Fearless
(
Death In Vegas
),
Andy Bell
(
Ride
),
Robert Hampson
(
Loop
), and many more. The instruction from the band was "kill our songs," and the remains are presented here as a stunning, 13-track album that builds on the original's feeling of claustrophobia and dread -- which won praise for its perfectly realized
Sonic Youth
-meets-
A Place To Bury Strangers
noise coupled with darker than dark lyrics worthy of
Morrissey
in his prime -- but recasts it across everything from brutal techno (
Blood Music
's "This Purgatory") to
New Order
-meets-
Animal Collective
euphoria (Andy Bell's "Sea Of Trees"). It's an occasionally punishing but always rewarding listen that begins somewhere in the depths of a K-hole, courtesy of
Vision Fortune
's "Drag," and ends somewhere rather beautiful with the celestial synths of Mogwai's "This Purgatory." (Mogwai's classic
Kicking A Dead Pig
was a big inspiration here.) "We see Spectres as something that can work in a variety of contexts," says frontman
Joe Hatt
, as he explains the motivation behind
Dead
. "Our musical interests spread out in different angles and we are always thinking of ways for what we do to evolve and mutate. We put together a list of artists who we admired, and thought would deliver a varied and eclectic mix. Some were close friends who are conveniently making some of the best music around, and others were pipe dreams that we thought would never happen. It was both nerve-wracking and fun waiting for each of the artists' versions to arrive in our inbox, and some definitely surprised us; but none disappointed." Also includes remixes by
Oliver Wilde
,
Giant Swan
,
Dominic Mitchison
,
Gramrcy
, and Spectres' Joe Hatt.
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