Minus Clay - Demo
Demo

by Minus Clay

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15 tracks
61:20
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1 Truth
 
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4:30
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2 Prickhead Strikes Again
 
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6:03
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3 A Sore Loser
 
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4:18
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4 A Thousand Scars
 
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3:14
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5 Nothing Really
 
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3:21
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6 Poison
 
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5:44
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7 Would
 
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2:56
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8 A Messy Statement
 
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3:33
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9 Christina's World
 
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3:14
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10 What They Know
 
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3:09
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11 Sad Clouds Looming Over Hull
 
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2:57
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12 The Corny Lover
 
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2:48
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13 End
 
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5:33
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14 Farewell
 
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5:17
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15 Beverley Road
 
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4:43
 

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    C'est une atmosphère évoquant les long-métrages de David Lynch et les ambiances chères à son fidèle compositeur Angelo Badalementi, qui berce ce premier effort signé Minus Clay. Folk-songs dépouillées ("Truth"), mélodies dépressives, la musique composée par Simon Lanciaux baigne dans une tristesse à fleur de peau. Lunaire, hypnotique, les morceaux se suivent ("Prickhead strikes again", "A sore loser" et "A thousand scars"...) et viennent former un ensemble étonnamment homogène. Un tout dans lequel son auteur joue la carte de la retenue pudique, sans pour autant oublier de se laisser aller à ses émotions. Entre desespoir et frustration, la musique de Minus Clay n'a définitivement rien de joyeuse, s'il y a des albums qui parviennent à nous passer du baûme au coeur par leur légereté (cf : le Love on depression street de Clay Allison), ce Demos fait exactement l'inverse. Au détour d'une impasse, une semi-obscurité ne laissant entrevoir que par instants l'horizon si lointain, des titres tels que "End" et ses arrangements étriqués, ou l'hypnotique "Sad clouds looming over hull" plongent lentement l'auditeur dans un puits sans fond, une brume épaisse de laquelle il aura toutes les peines du monde à s'extraire. Entre solitude cotonneuse et vague à l'âme, ce Demos est de ces albums qui diviseront les amateurs, qui suscitera sans doute autant d'ennui ou de refus poli que de respect immédiat. Et pourtant, en toute simplicité, sans effet de style incongrus, juste avec ses mélodies épurées, Minus Clay livre un album aux couleurs sombres et au spleen torturé à découvrir.

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28/08/06

First of all, cover, tells a lot. A little dark, everyday's, and calm atmosphere. I was listening in a dark room with speakers behind my ears. When having so much music here to listen i rarely listen to whole albums. This one composed nice with atmosphere of sitting alone and watching things on internet, guess needn't to say that i listened to all songs. It's pointless for me to tell how i feel about individual songs, mainly because i usually like the whole album or feel that something just don't sound good for me, and i like this one. If there are some sound experiments they don't brake created climate what's very important, but i'm not sure if there are any, i don't create music, olso i don't usually think about it's construction, just listening.

As i said, i turned on this, let's put it straight, quite long demo in specific mood when needed it and songs that i was offered keeped me in that state for an hour.

 

Album information

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Genre Folk slowcore
Release June 21, 2006
Listens 6786 Downloads 316
Starred 11 Playlisted 11    
Reviews 2 Rating 8.5/10

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