SCOTT WALKER - THE DRIFT - RARE AND UNPLAYED LP
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RARE AND UNPLAYED VINYL COPY OF SCOTT WALKERS 'THE DRIFT'
Track listing 1. Cossacks Are
2. Clara
3. Jesse
4. Jolson And Jones
5. Cue
6. Hand Me Ups
7. Buzzers
8. Psoriatic
9. Escape
10. Lover Loves
Album notes Personnel: Scott Walker; Hugh Burns, Ian Thomas, Steve Pearce, Vanessa Quinones, Brian Gascoigne, Alasdair Malloy.An utterly unique accomplishment, Scott Walker's THE DRIFT is the enigmatic British-based singer-songwriter's first official album since 1995's challenging TILT. Those looking for the Brechtian drama and crooner stylings of Walker's lauded late-'60s work will happily find them on these 10 haunting tracks, albeit in altered forms that often bypass melody to create what sometimes recalls a chilling sonic abstraction of Edgar Allan Poe's writings.While two extended tracks, "Clara" and "Cue," wander down some frightening paths (occasionally calling to mind Kronos Quartet's BLACK ANGELS), and make up a considerable amount of THE DRIFT, the record also includes slightly less daunting pieces such as "Cossacks Are," which builds to propulsive rhythmic passages, and "Jesse," a brooding song seemingly rising up from some forsaken underground chamber. Far from accessible, yet mesmerizing in its bleak minimalist vision, THE DRIFT once again reinforces Walker's reputation as a fascinating and thoroughly unconventional artist.
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