Album
Fantasy Black Channel
2008 · Electronic, Rock
5 collectors on Gatefold own this
Fantasy Black Channel is an Alt/Indie album by Late Of The Pier, originally released in 2008. On Gatefold: 16 pressings tracked, owned by 5 collectors.
About
Reveling in glorious excess, Late of the Pier turn their debut album <i>Fantasy Black Channel</i> into a dizzying celebration of ‘80s-era rock motifs and postures. The British quartet draws upon the fizzy effusions of Gary Numan, the Fixx, and similar synth-pop artists for inspiration, then adds florid guitar heroics and amped-up New Romantic angst for seasoning. The resulting stew is rich, dense, and surprisingly appealing, packed with unpredictable time-shifts, killer pop hooks and a surreal-to-snotty lyric sensibility. Tracks like “Focker,” “Heartbeat” and “Random Firl” are frothy, nerve-shredding outbursts, at once giddy and compelling. Singer Sam Eastgate tosses off nuggets of oblique alienation during “Space and the Woods” and throbs with surrealist lust on “White Snake.” The gothic jungle groove of “The Bears Are Coming” and the convoluted space-opera pop of “Bathroom Gurgle” are among the album’s peak moments. There are times when the band seems ready to explode into a shower of fused computer chips and singed spadex but somehow the whole thing holds together — it’s the <i>listener</i> who faces mental meltdown. <i>Fantasy Black Channel</i> makes sensory overload a risk worth taking.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Hot Tent Blues
- A2Broken
- A3Space & The Woods
- A4The Bears Are Coming
- A5Random Firl
- A6Heartbeat
Side B
- B1Whitesnake
- B2VW
- B3Focker
- B4The Enemy Are The Future
- B5Mad Dogs And Englishmen
- B6Bathroom Gurgle
- B7No Time
Sound DNA
- Alt/Indie
- Indie Rock
- angular
- art school
- chaotic
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Andrew FaleyBASS, SYNTHESIZER , VOCALS
- Ross DawsonDRUMS
- Sam EastgateGUITAR, SEQUENCED BY , SYNTHESIZER, ARRANGED BY, VOCALS GUITAR, SYNTHESIZER, ARRANGED BY, VOCALS, DRUM PROGRAMMING
- Sam PotterBACKING VOCALS SAMPLER, SYNTHESIZER SAMPLER, SYNTHESIZER, BACKING VOCALS
- Erol AlkanBACKING VOCALS
- Giselle KennedyBACKING VOCALS
- Jack BirchwoodTRUMPET, FLUGELHORN
- Nik CarterSAXOPHONE TENOR SAXOPHONE, BARITONE SAXOPHONE
5 collectors on Gatefold own this · 16 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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