Crippling Lack

by David Thomas Broughton

Crippling Lack cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 2016
  • Label: Paper Garden, Le Noize Maker, Song
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:41:03
  • Community rating: 3.66/5 from 8 ratings

Artists on this release: Timoth茅e Couteau, Luke Drozd, ICHI, Jordan Geiger, Aidan Moffat, Beth Orton, Sam Amidon, Minjung Kwon-Brunoni, Raphaelle Duquesnoy, Rachel Dadd

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Released as a sprawling three-volume opus on three different labels, 'Crippling Lack' is an ambitious work of experimental folk and art rock. The album's foundation was built from songs recorded in single takes, juxtaposing Broughton's distinct, morose vocal delivery and sparse acoustic guitar with layered, atmospheric overdubs from a host of remote collaborators. The musical journey moves from deceptively approachable folk arrangements into long-form, disintegrating song structures and back, exploring themes of futility and nature with an unsettling yet compelling character.

Genres

Descriptors: male-vocals, experimental, lo-fi, unpolished, acoustic

Tracklist

  1. Crippling Lack Pt. 1
  2. Beast
  3. Words Of Art
  4. Silent Arrow
  5. Dots
  6. River
  7. Concrete Statement
  8. I Close My Eyes
  9. Crippling Lack Pt. 2
  10. Gulf
  11. Beast Without You
  12. Plunge Of The Dagger

Credits

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