BRITISH SEA POWER
MAN OF ARAN (YELLOW & BLUE VINYL) - LP
UPC: 883870049900
Label: ROUGH TRADE US
Format: LP
Release Date: September 8, 2023
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In 2009 the band, now known as Sea Power, were commissioned by the Edinburgh Film Festival to create their own soundtrack for the 1934 quasi-documentary, which they premiered by playing along live during a screening at the event.
A studio version of the album followed in May the same year, while more screening/performances took place at the BFI in London and at cinemas in Brighton and Sheffield, while events were also staged on a series of islands, including Jersey, the Hebrides and a Norwegian islet in the Arctic Circle. Earning the group widespread acclaim upon its release, both for the music’s simpatico relationship with the original film and as a stand-alone work in its own right. Declared by The Quietuson release as a “perfect symbiosis that should rightly be regarded as something of an understated classic,” Ireland’s Hot Press called it “Stunning... breath-taking” while NME encouraged listeners to “let it all gloriously wash over you.” Fans will finally be able to experience that artistic and emotional depth on vinyl with this reissue.
Track Listing
Side A
1.Man Of Aran
2.The South Sound
3.Come Wander With Me
Side B
4.Tiger King
5.The Currach
6.Boy Vertiginous
Side C
7.Spearing The Sunfish
8.Conneely Of The West
9.The North Sound
Side D
10.Woman Of Aran
11.It Comes Back Again
12.No Man Is An Archipelago
