Love Is the Plan, the Plan Is Death

by James Blackshaw

Love Is the Plan, the Plan Is Death cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 24 April 2012
  • Label: Tompkins Square
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 38:49
  • Community rating: 3.65/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

For his ninth studio album, the British virtuoso notably transitioned from his signature 12-string guitar to a standard 6-string nylon acoustic. The resulting compositions are noticeably more delicate and melancholic, relying less on rapid-fire arpeggios and more on spacious, meditative phrasing. Incorporating subtle vocal elements for the first time, the work stands as a deeply vulnerable expansion of his intricate acoustic soundscapes.

Genres

Descriptors: Folk, Acoustic, death, atmospheric, acoustic, instrumental, guitar-led, virtuosic, minimalist

Tracklist

  1. Love Is The Plan, The Plan Is Death (8:02)
  2. Her Smoke Rose Up Forever (7:06)
  3. And I Have Come Upon This Place By Lost Ways (5:07)
  4. A Momentary Taste Of Being (5:24)
  5. We Who Stole The Dream (7:18)
  6. The Snows Are Melted, The Snows Are Gone (5:49)

Credits

  • Yu Matsuoka Pol - artwork by, illustration
  • Genevi猫ve Beaulieu - voice, words by

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