Dark Island

by Pram

Dark Island cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 20 January 2003
  • Label: Domino
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 44:47
  • Community rating: 3.75/5 from 7 ratings

Artists on this release: Steve Perkins, Holly Simpson, Laurence Hunt, Megan Bassett, Grandmaster Gareth

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Continuing their exploration of eerie, cinematic soundscapes, the Birmingham collective heavily utilized archaic synthesizers and obscure brass instrumentation. The resulting aesthetic evokes the surreal tension of vintage spy soundtracks and forgotten mid-century lounge pop.

Genres

Descriptors: atmospheric, existential, sampling, sci-fi, sinister

Tracklist

  1. Track Of The Cat (4:13)
  2. Penny Arcade (4:27)
  3. The Pawnbroker (3:19)
  4. Paper Hats (4:05)
  5. Peepshow (3:28)
  6. Sirocco (4:25)
  7. The Archivist (6:01)
  8. Goodbye (5:06)
  9. Leeward (3:36)
  10. Distant Islands (6:03)

Credits

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