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Sparklehorse — Bird Machine (Anti-)
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Bird Machine by Sparklehorse
When Sparklehorse released Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot in 1995, it felt like an outlier. At the time, during the height of Britpop, there weren’t many artists making slow-motion, country-influenced, lo-fi rock music like Mark Linkous. His aesthetic brought together a classic pop sensibility with a junkshop approach to instrumentation and timbre, where a song like “Chaos of the Galaxy / Happy Man” from second album Good Morning Spider literally sounded like tuning into a radio transmission. He collaborated with PJ Harvey and Tom Waits on It’s a Wonderful Life, and on the title track of fourth album Slept For Light Years in the Belly of a Mountain, he painfully evoked the syrup-thick sensation of depression. Though Linkous was candid about his mental-health struggles, when he took his own life in March 2010, it was still a shocking and tragic loss.
Bird Machine is technically the fifth Sparklehorse record, and was worked on by Linkous in the months leading up to his death. This posthumous release has been lovingly put together by Linkous’s brother, Matt, and his sister-in-law, Melissa — and they’ve done a fantastic job. It sounds just as a Sparklehorse album should, and is a surprisingly upbeat listening experience given it was recorded during Linkous’s final months. Among the 14 songs are some searingly fuzzy numbers, such as opener “It Will Never Stop,” “I Fucked It Up,” and “Listening to the Higsons,” a Robyn Hitchcock cover. There’s the sparklingly Beatles-esque “Daddy’s Gone,” the bright, Mellotron-laced “Evening Star Supercharger,” and “The Scull of Lucia” is reminiscent of Radiohead’s “No Surprises,” with a naïve, music-box feel to its melodies.
It’s in Bird Machine’s heavier moments, though, where the album really hits home — and the loss of a unique artist is most keenly felt. The harrowing “O Child” is so slow and sparse that it feels like it could fall apart at any moment, and the lengthy instrumental outro includes fractured, static-flecked dictaphone recordings. On “Everybody’s Gone to Sleep,” Linkous taps into a mellow Yo La Tengo vibe, his vocal sounding uncannily like Ira Kaplan. After the brief guitar instrumental “Blue,” “Stay” is a heartbreaking piano-driven closer, reassuring a loved one “It’s gonna get brighter,” yet sounding as if Linkous is already heading towards the light. And on standout “Kind Ghosts,” which belongs among Sparklehorse’s finest songs, the lyrics are all the more bittersweet given the context: “Where were you, my kind ghosts, when I needed you?” Let’s hope they were waiting for him on the other side.
Tim Clarke
#sparklehorse#bird machine#anti-#tim clarke#albumreview#dusted magazine#mark linkous#posthumous music#songwriter#indie#alternative
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can we not. can we not fucking do this. "liam payne" is not releasing anything because liam payne is dead. can we not wait for the body to cool before we start trying to profit off of his existence and the tragedy of his death. can we not.
#all the people who are gonna pretend to give a shit about his music when he's dead .... let me not speak#fandom: 1D#i HATE posthumous releases#unless the artist was days/months away from releasing their final project#i don't fuck with them#it's exploitative and gross
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ばぶちゃん | 死後日記 「CD, 2018」 | BABU-0005 ILLUSTRATION: TREVOR BROWN
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#linkin park#2020s#(kind of. this song was recorded before chester's death and released posthumously)#poll#polls#tumblr poll#tumblr polls#music poll#music polls#music#adjudication#Youtube
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EDDIE COCHRAN Various pink/red singles 1962, 1964, 1963, 1988, 1981, 1968
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... listen to music ...
The posthumous George Harrison album, Brainwashed was released two years ago today, his first since Cloud Nine in 1987.
Harrison had been working on the album before his death, it was completed by his son Dhani.
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i Knowwwww it’s just the sleep deprivation but a judee sill song came on shuffle & I almost immediately started sobbing because I remembered that someone loved her & her music enough to write a song about her. bank robbing queen who died too young 😔
#i haven’t listened to much of her music tbh bc I listened to heart food a few years ago & only vibed w a few songs#but I think maybe I’m in a better place for what someone in that article calls ‘songs about the mystical christ’#regardless. I am always fucking done in by musicians who really only found success posthumously#marc.txt#Spotify
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#sophie msmsmsm#sophie#music#Missing her today... I wish we had more of her vocals...#What a grail track. To think there's someone out there with it in HQ.#Praying praying praying we get some version of this song on the posthumous album.#SoundCloud
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IF I HAD A HEART - A SCARAMOUCHE / WANDERER FANMIX
i. You should see me in a crown / Billie Elish ii. Algorithm / MUSE iii. Wiped Out! / The Neighbourhood iv. My ordinary life / The Living Tombstone v. Shatter me / Lindsey Stirling ft. Lzzy Hale vi. Non-believer / London Grammar vii. Battle cry / Angel Haze ft. Sia viii. Feel / A LIFE DIVIDED ix. A tribe called red / Angel Haze x. Daddy issues / The Neighbourhood xi. Artificial nocturne / Metric xii. Can you save me? / Hoobastank xiii. Feel something / Jaymes Young xiv. Posthumous forgiveness / Tame Impala xv. If I had a heart / Fever Ray
KAEDEHARA KAZUHA MIX KAZUSCARA MIX
#just pretend that daddy issues and posthumous forgiveness are about mommy issues instead#genshin impact#scaramouche#wanderer#kunikuzushi#gi#music#fanmix#scaramouche fanmix#kazuscara#scaraether#scaralumi#scaramona#my edit#song names are links
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Virgin Veins. A Coma Cinema cover. Please let me know what you think of my take on this beautiful song. 💚
#coma cinema#posthumous release#virgin veins#indie folk#indie#indie rock#alternative#folk music#lofi#lofi music#keyboard#synthesizer#cute#sad#sad songs#sad music#cover song#Spotify
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Alice in Chains - Died, from "Music Bank" album, released on October 26, 1999
[Verse 1] I could climb until I reach where angels reside Ask around to find out where the junkies applied You just up and left me on this rock all alone It's my fault for knowing not what I should have known
[Chorus] Oh, oh, oh My heart is dried up beating slow Oh, oh It's been deflating since you died Since you died You died
[Verse 2] I could drop until I touch the sinister side Visit all attractions flippin' back and aside Still you leave me rotting on this rock all alone It's my fault for knowing not what I should have known
[Chorus] Oh, oh, oh My heart is dried up beating slow Oh, oh It's been deflating since you died Since you died You died
[Chorus] Oh, oh, oh My heart is dried up beating slow Oh, oh It's been deflating since you died Since you died You died
[Verse 3] I could climb until I reach where angels reside I could drop until I touch the sinister side
[Chorus] Oh, oh My heart is dried up beating slow Uh, oh It's been deflating since you died Since you died You died Died You died Died You died
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The last song Layne Staley ever recorded with Alice in Chains, “Died” describes the agony and devastation he feels about the loss of someone.
It was likely about his ex-fiancée Demri Parrott. After the two had broken up, she died of an overdose in 1996 after being clean for 2 years.
#demri lara murphy#demri lara parrott murphy#demri parrott murphy#demri murphy#demri lara parrott#demriparrott#demri parrott#alice in chains#layne staley#died#lyrics#song lyrics#1999#muse#posthumous#demri forever#music bank#Youtube
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On this day: March 25, 2014
Legacy Recordings and the estate of Johnny Cash released Out Among the Stars. This was Johnny's fourth posthumous studio album and his 71st album overall. The tracks on this album were originally "lost" recordings made from 1981-1984 with the famous country producer Billy Sherill. The recordings were shelved by Johnny's label, Columbia Records, after poor sales of the 1981 album The Baron. The tracks were rediscovered in 2012 by Johnny's son, John Carter Cash. June Carter Cash is also featured on two tracks. Country music legends Minnie Pearl and Waylon Jennings also appear on the album. The album debuted at #3 on the US Billboard Top 200 and #1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums. In the UK, the album debuted at #4. It remained on the US Billboard Top 200 for 13 weeks.
#johnny cash#music release#country music#outlaw country#june carter#waylon jennings#minnie pearl#out among the stars#album#2014#posthumous#johnny cash history#isaac.txt#Spotify
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#jaimie branch#really sad to find a great album and i look her up and it says “posthumous album”#rip you made some really beautiful art#music#Bandcamp
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New EP !!
artist : XXXTENTACION 🕊
genre : rap, hip-hop, emo rap
37,730,563 monthly listeners
#music#audio#spotify#xxxtentacion#rip#posthumous release#emo rap#rapper#rap#hip hop#new music#new ep#extended play#underratedart1sts#2023#december
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Liam Payne's First Posthumous Song 'Do No Wrong' Set to Release Following His Tragic Death
Liam Payne’s First Posthumous Song Set for Release In a poignant tribute to the late Liam Payne, his first posthumous single is set to drop this Friday. The song, titled ‘Do No Wrong’, was a collaborative effort with Grammy-winning producer and singer Sam Pounds, who had been working with Payne before his untimely passing. Pounds took to social media to share his heartfelt announcement,…
#artist welfare#Change.org petition#Do No Wrong#Liam Payne#mental health#music industry#One Direction#posthumous song#Sam Pounds#tragic death
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