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Martin Carr New Shapes of Life (Vinyl) 12" Album with CD
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- EAN
- 4015698012750
- Edition
- 12" Album with CD
- Style
- Singer/Songwriter
- Release Date
- 27/10/2017
- No Of Discs
- 2
- Run Time
- 30.52
- Features
- Includes a copy of the album on CD
- MPN
- TR389LP
- Title
- New Shapes of Life
- UPC
- 4015698012750
- Artist
- Martin Carr
- Type
- LP
- Format
- Vinyl
- Record Label
- Tapete Records
- Release Year
- 2017
- Release Title
- New Shapes of Life *
- Genre
- Rock
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Record Label
Tapete Records
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4015698012750
eBay Product ID (ePID)
25050158406
Product Key Features
Artist
Martin Carr
Format
Vinyl
Release Year
2017
Release Title
New Shapes of Life *
Type
LP
Genre
Rock
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Forced Exposure
Country/Region of Manufacture
Germany
Additional information
After releasing his second solo album, The Breaks, in 2014, Martin Carr underwent some trials and tribulations. Unhappy with the way the album turned out, he spent some fruitless time writing songs for other people, and was rocked by the death of David Bowie. Like many others at the time, he immersed himself in the life and work of one of his musical heroes. His takeaway was a burning desire to make music that fully expressed his thoughts and feelings. This revelation led to six months of intense work on his own, during which the basics of eight songs were finished. After a period of self-doubt and frustration, he turned to producer Greg Haver, who had helped him with the "Gold Lift" single in early 2017. Haver added some new instrumentation to the songs Carr had almost completed, and New Shapes of Life was finished. The end result is both something new, like Carr had planned, and something familiar to fans of his former band, the Boo Radleys. If Carr had felt he was writing lyrics that didn't express his true self before, here he paints a clear picture of the conflicts and struggle he was going through while writing the album, and he sings with bracing conviction. It's a change from the days of the Boos, when the words sometimes seemed secondary to the music the band created. Musically, Carr and Haver consciously make the decision to move away from the jangling dream pop of the Boos and The Breaks, and only a couple songs, like the rousing "Damocles" and the soaring "Three Studies of the Male Back," look to Carr's past for inspiration. Instead, much of their album has a modern pop sheen and it's largely guitar-free. Carr created the sounds by sampling a variety of instruments, then playing them back with a keyboard. Along with his production help, Haver added synth, percussion and live drums, and as she has on many of Carr's records, Mary Wycherley adds backing vocals that pop up frequently over the course of the record. Regardless of the process, the pair's sophisticated sound fits the very ballad-heavy album. Most tracks find Carr spilling his guts over lush piano backing with help from the female backing singers. Sometimes there are big, Coldplay-lite choruses ("The Main Man") and a little dream pop creeps in (like on the "Hotline Bling"-referencing title track), but mostly it's polished modern balladry that satisfies Carr's need to express himself lyrically. ~ Tim Sendra
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Pitchfork (Website) - "With NEW SHAPES OF LIFE, Carr has come up with a suave, sophisticated, rhythmically robust pop record, but one whose surface swagger belies deep-seated feelings of disillusionment, self-doubt, and paranoia." Clash (Magazine) - "While the overarching narrative of NEW SHAPES OF LIFE is largely transparent, Carr inspired by Bowie's self-expression to explore his own thoughts, the resulting music is overwhelmingly warm and inviting."
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This vinyl is really reasonably priced and I love that it is one of the more unusual colours. It arrived well packaged, undamaged and looks as described. It arrived late, due to Royal Mail's Festive rush, but was dispatched by the seller really quickly. When I contacted them to ask where it was, they replied really quickly with a helpful solution. Such good customer service, so strongly recommend. Really happy with my purchase.