A Blade Because A Blade Is Whole (140g colour vinyl)

Description

The 11-song album covers all of DePlumes musical touchstones: lush and gentle instrumentals informed by ghostly ancient folk melodies; groove-focused rhythm explorations as a bed for self-searching spoken declamations; sweeping and beautiful string arrangements (in this case by Macie Stewart) set against his trademark vibrato-infused tenor sax whispermoan.Most of all, A Blade… finds Alabaster DePlume at his most purposeful and direct yet, building on foundations laid through years of writing and touring to craft this ambitious work. Here lyrical explorations of healing, dignity, and struggle set the tone of the music itselfthe mysterious and tense sensuality of the Melody Nelson-like strings on Form a V; the playful and idiosyncratic echos of the 1960s British Folk scene on Invincibility; the golden-era Elvrum level of vocal intimacy on Too Trueits all handed over with such familiarity and intention that the albums full sonic grandness reveals itself at an IV-drip-pace. Limited edition “That Was My Garden” 140g color vinyl in heavyweight jacket with glossy photo insert sheet, IARC OBI & poly-lined inner sleeve