| 01 - Love That Moves The Sun 04:45 |
| 02 - Airlock 02:57 |
| 03 - Through Air Over Water 03:05 |
| 04 - Close To The Ground 07:35 |
| 05 - Grown Again, Repeat 04:15 |
| 06 - Troubled, Shaken, Etc. 03:44 |
| 07 - First Song - Angelina 06:51 |
| 08 - Vanishing 05:28 |
| 09 - White 02:45 |
| 10 - Longstrakt 01:55 |
| 11 - To Thine Own Self Be True 02:14 |
| 12 - The Low Lights 04:19 |
| 13 - Salt Water 04:13 |
| Sian Alice Group chart transformations from psychedelic rock, pastoral |
| folk, and piano-lounge balladry into analog-synthtronica, free-jazz |
| breakdowns, pounding Afro-tech grooves, and avant-classical composition. |
| The beauty of Sian Alice Group is that the band is capable of creating |
| highly effective music even when they stray far from traditional torch- |
| song territory. - Pitchfork |
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| Some artists walk a fine line between the abstract and the arranged, |
| creating a sense of spontaneity without being overly rehearsed. Sian |
| Alice Group accomplishes just this. What s more, it does so while |
| simultaneously recalling great artists but sounding completely unique. |
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| Sian Alice Group (pronounced Shahn ) a collective of UK musicians |
| Sian Ahern, Rupert Clervaux and Ben Crook, amongst other collaborators |
| had quite the rookie season in 2008. From the epic 59.59 and The Dusk |
| Line (a subdued piano and vocals only EP) to the wholeheartedly |
| experimental Remix 12 , the band made the scene, built up stellar stats |
| and positioned itself as a contender to be reckoned with. Now we lift |
| the curtain on 2009. Sian Alice Group is back with Troubled, Shaken Etc. |
| - their second album of lush, minimalist, panoramic torch songs for The |
| Social Registry. |
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| Ben Crook relays: The whole of 2008 was radically life changing |
| personally, professionally and for all of the world. For me, it was the |
| fin-de-siecle year that 2000 never was. The dire economic, social, |
| political and environmental state of the world could no longer be |
| ignored. This powerful, post-ironic conception of society and art |
| thoroughly informs the more direct efforts of Troubled, Shaken Etc. |
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| The band hones in on a genre-busting combination of organic |
| improvisation, process-driven experimentation and the focused strength |
| earned from a year of extensive traveling and touring the world |
| together. You get your minimalist trances, electronic exploration, |
| techno thump, jazz motifs and Eastern music tropes in a joyous and |
| complete listening experience. It s a snapshot (or more closely, a |
| yearbook) from an eventful 2008 that is more raw, emotional and loud |
| than anything they ve released thus far. |
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| Let s put the songs under our trusty microscope and see what we find. |
| Troubled, Shaken Etc. kicks off with Love That Moves The Sun. It s a |
| bouncy realization of minimalism set to the cosmos. Arpeggios (on both |
| guitar and vibraphone) set a repetitive tone and Sian Ahern s powerful |
| vocals resemble the sort of expansive clouds we learned about in a 7th |
| grade science class. Close To The Ground begins with a Terry Riley |
| meets Theo Parrish figure that slowly morphs into stomp-rock territory |
| with organic four-to-thefloor rhythmic intensity. Vanishing provides a |
| unique take on techno. Rupert Clervaux s drums are like a wild Elvin |
| Jones who lived through the rave era, and the vocals provide angelic |
| whole tones over the unhinged bounce. White is a surprise. It makes us |
| want to re-enroll in college circa 1994, take naps on a grassy knoll and |
| dream of the heartbreak awaiting us throughout the next two decades. |
| Simply put the guitar interplay on this track is totally breathtaking. |
| It s automatic mixtape fodder. |
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| Troubled, Shaken, Etc. reveals an extremely hardworking band that is |
| focused on process, craft and how their interpersonal relationships can |
| serve as a catalyst to document life in an honest, original and |
| innovative manner. The band (led on these technical issues by Clervaux) |
| masterfully handles the production, and we can t emphasize enough just |
| how strong Sian Ahern s vocals have come through. |
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| As Clervaux reflects: The developing solidity in Sian s voice naturally |
| veered us away from using as much reverb as we did on 59.59, which makes |
| the vocal much more immediate. The same can be said for the percussion, |
| which is in abundance, as always, but is now much dryer and louder. |
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| With guest spots from live mainstays (Sasha Vine, Eben Bull and label- |
| mate Mike Bones), as well as John Coxon (Spring Heel Jack) and Graham |
| Barton, Troubled, Shaken Etc. is a varied record with tons of |
| collaborative hands on deck. Everything is in place and poised to make |
| 2009 a huge year for the band. So much stellar work in so little time |
| Maybe we should test Sian Alice Group for steroids.
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