The Sand and the Stars

by Movietone

The Sand and the Stars cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 27 October 2003
  • Label: Domino
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 39:17
  • Community rating: 3.89/5 from 5 ratings

Artists on this release: Rachel Coe, Kate Wright, John Coe, Matt Jones, Lisa Brook, George McKenzie, Sam Jones

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded partially on a beach in Cornwall, the Bristol-based collective's fourth album is deeply connected to natural, aquatic environments. The record seamlessly blends highly lethargic slowcore pacing with warm, jazz-inflected acoustic instrumentation, creating a profoundly calm, mellow, and atmospheric chamber folk experience.

Genres

Descriptors: lo-fi, folk, natural, aquatic, beach, dreamy, female-vocals, minimal, nature

Tracklist

  1. The Sand And The Stars (2:43)
  2. Ocean Song (5:03)
  3. In Mexico (5:01)
  4. Pale Tracks (4:06)
  5. Let Night In (3:52)
  6. We Rode On (3:49)
  7. Snow Is Falling (4:25)
  8. Not Even Close (1:48)
  9. Red Earth (4:08)
  10. Beach Samba (2:57)
  11. Near Marconi's Hut (1:25)

Credits

  • Kate Wright - vocals, guitar, words by, cello, vocals, vocals, cello, vocals, double bass
  • Rachel Coe - bass, vocals, guitar, words by, piano, vocals, vocals, piano, clarinet, clarinet, vocals, organ
  • Chris Cole - electric piano [fender rhodes], trumpet, cello, double bass, accordion [accordian], performer [wine glasses], cello, vocals
  • Sam Jones - guitar, drums, vocals, guitar, performer [wine glasses], words by
  • George McKenzie - tenor saxophone, bass saxophone
  • Lisa Brook - clarinet

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