05-01-2010, 19:15
Paddy McAloon - I Trawl The Megahertz
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I'm a sucker for unusual albums like this.
This is largely instrumental, pretty much entirely orchestral, but musically is perhaps closest to Jazz. The reason I've posted it here is that Paddy is the leader & songwriter of the UK band Prefab Sprout, and the album feels "Alternative".
About 10 years ago McAloon began to lose his sight (It's almost totally gone now), due to a congenital condition which has caused problems with detached retinas. Unable to read, he resorted to listening to radio broadcasts, and found that he was piecing together snatches of conversation from his listening into an idea for an album.
The title track is about 20 mins long, and is a spoken-word job, with a woman reminiscing and trying to make sense of her life.
Definitely not for dancing to...
I'm a sucker for unusual albums like this.
This is largely instrumental, pretty much entirely orchestral, but musically is perhaps closest to Jazz. The reason I've posted it here is that Paddy is the leader & songwriter of the UK band Prefab Sprout, and the album feels "Alternative".
About 10 years ago McAloon began to lose his sight (It's almost totally gone now), due to a congenital condition which has caused problems with detached retinas. Unable to read, he resorted to listening to radio broadcasts, and found that he was piecing together snatches of conversation from his listening into an idea for an album.
The title track is about 20 mins long, and is a spoken-word job, with a woman reminiscing and trying to make sense of her life.
Definitely not for dancing to...