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01. STARLESS - Fuadach
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02. STARLESS - Starless
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03. STARLESS - Whispered Reason No. 2
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04. STARLESS - Apocalypse
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05. STARLESS - The Surge Of The Sea
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06. STARLESS - Solitude
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07. STARLESS - Within These Walls
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08. STARLESS - Misty Nights
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09. STARLESS - Yellow Midnight
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10. STARLESS - Duthaich Mhicaoidh
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11. STARLESS - Jura
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ARTIST
STARLESS
TITLE
Starless
FORMAT
LP+CD
LABEL
MARINA
CATALOG #
MA 079LP
MA 079LP
GENRE
ROCK
RELEASE DATE
9/2/2016
LP version. Includes CD. The self-titled debut album from
Starless
is the lushly orchestrated brainchild of
Paul McGeechan
, keyboard player of
Love & Money
from Glasgow. It's an epic and unique album, widescreen in scope and ambition, featuring such illustrious collaborators as
Paul Buchanan
(
The Blue Nile
),
Karen Matheson
(
Capercaillie
),
Julie Fowlis
and
Chris Thomson
(
The Bathers
). McGeechan, who wrote, arranged and masterminded the project, recorded the album with the stunning
Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
. The result is an emotional soundscape with references ranging from
Ennio Morricone
to
The Cocteau Twins
and
David Sylvian
. "Fuadach" provides the opening titles to this very special cinematic musical journey. It is followed by the late-night beauty of title track "Starless", sung by Paul Buchanan (Buchanan's first vocal for quite some time): "In a starless sky, one shutdown moon, here in this city, we fall in love too soon". "Whispered Reason No. 2" and "Solitude", both sung by
Marie Claire Lee
, recall the other-worldly beauty of
Liz Fraser
of The Cocteau Twins. Another great collaborator on Starless is Karen Matheson. Her beautiful voice is featured on the celestial "The Surge Of The Sea" which is sung in Gaelic. Scottish folk singer Julie Fowlis provides vocals on the second Gaelic language song on the album, the ethereal "Duthaich Mhicaoidh". Chris Thomson sings the gorgeous "Misty Nights": "Sure as east meets west, she's in her summer dress, young musicians on their knees". McGeechan and Thomson were both members of legendary post-Postcard band
Friends Again
in the early '80s. "Within These Walls", sung by
Andrew White
, recalls the melancholy art-pop of early '80s
Peter Gabriel
. The atmospheric "Yellow Midnight" is sung by
Gwen Stewart
who has recorded with
Sugartown
. Turn the lights down low, turn up the volume and get on a trip with this very special and, yes, quite spectacular album. It's a beauty.
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