Movietone

Description

World Of Echo is proud to announce the long-awaited reissue of the self-titled debut album by Bristol band Movietone. Originally released in 1995 on Planet Records and reissued on CD in 2003 by The Pastels’ Geographic Music label, this is the first time Movietone has been reissued on vinyl. This is an expanded double LP edition, which includes the bonus tracks from the 2003 CD (their first two singles and an unreleased demo of "Chance Is Her Opera"), and adds three more unearthed gems: demos of "Alkaline Eye" and "She Smiled Mandarine Like", and an early take of "Late July", recorded in a garden by Dave Pearce (Flying Saucer Attack) in 1993. As with many other bands, Movietone’s early years were devoted to experimentation and to finding ways to "make do", a DIY sensibility that inspired the band throughout its decade-long existence. Listening back to Movietone, one can hear this democracy in action through the wildness of the music, balanced by the poetry of the lyrics and Wright’s melodies. Steeped in half-caught memories and tangled abstractions, there is an elliptical and ruminative quality to much of the writing that shows the deep influence of the Beat Generation, as well as a twilight environment captured in the songs of the third Velvet Underground album, "Galaxie 500", early "Tindersticks, Codeine". It is an absolute pleasure to listen back to Movietone - always inspired, always alluring, always magical, always mysterious.