Unclouded Sky

by Xiu Xiu

Unclouded Sky cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 19 April 2014
  • Label: Joyful Noise
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 45:29
  • Community rating: 3.35/5 from 4 ratings

Artists on this release: Jamie Stewart, Shahzad Ismaily

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Released exclusively for Record Store Day, Jamie Stewart performs a deeply intimate, completely acoustic collection of early 20th-century American and Caribbean religious folk songs. Stripped entirely of his signature terrifying electronics and abrasive noise, the stark, vulnerable guitar performances are accompanied only by the natural, ambient sound of birds singing in the background.

Genres

Descriptors: christian, nature, experimental, traditional, minimal, vocal, conceptual

Tracklist

  1. (Demerara) (00:11)
  2. Blood of the Lamb (04:45)
  3. (Berbice) (00:34)
  4. I'll Fly Away (03:22)
  5. (Kaieteur) (00:17)
  6. Lonesome Valley (03:56)
  7. (Essequibo) (00:52)
  8. Wreck on the Highway (04:27)
  9. (Rupununi) (00:50)
  10. Church in the Wildwood (02:54)
  11. (Cuyuni) (00:45)
  12. Unclouded Sky (01:57)
  13. (Kanuku) (03:29)
  14. All Fo' You (03:12)
  15. (Guiana) (00:39)
  16. Let the Lower Lights Be Burning (03:52)
  17. (Pomeroon) (01:08)
  18. Just As I Am (08:19)

Credits

  • Xiu Xiu - primary artist
  • Denise Schatz - illustration [cover illustration]
  • Joe Lambert - lacquer cut by

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