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01. THE EARLY YEARS - Nocturne
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02. THE EARLY YEARS - Out Of Signal
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03. THE EARLY YEARS - Fluxus
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04. THE EARLY YEARS - For The Fallen
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05. THE EARLY YEARS - Hush
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06. THE EARLY YEARS - Clone Theory
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07. THE EARLY YEARS - Do It (Again)
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08. THE EARLY YEARS - Near Unison
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09. THE EARLY YEARS - Hall Of Mirrors
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10. THE EARLY YEARS - Memory Case
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ARTIST
EARLY YEARS, THE
TITLE
II
FORMAT
2LP
LABEL
SONIC CATHEDRAL
CATALOG #
SCR 110LP
SCR 110LP
GENRE
ROCK
RELEASE DATE
10/14/2016
Double-LP version in foil-printed, textured sleeve.
The Early Years
follow their 2006 self-titled debut (Beggars Banguet) with their second album,
II
. Recorded in their home studio in rural Cheshire, England; mixed in Atlanta, Georgia, by
Jason Kingsland
(whose previous work includes
Deerhunter
's 2015 album
Fading Frontier
), and mastered at Abbey Road Studios by
Frank Arkwright
(whose previous work includes releases by
Mogwai
and
New Order
).
II
is well worth the wait. It's stunning -- the sound of a band who have matured and relaxed into their playing, created without any external pressures or expectations. With the sheer scale of its scope and vision, it towers above the legions of kraut-psych bands that came along in The Early Years' wake. Opener "Nocturne" is a ferocious collision of human and machine -- guitars that evoke
Will Sergeant
on
Neil Young
's farm, Roland TB-303s squelching away, and the wild-eyed energy of
Julian Cope
circa
Fried
. Cope and
the Bunnymen
are reference points throughout, but
II
also recalls
New Order
(the elegiac "Fluxus"),
Dean Wareham
dueling
Tom Verlaine
("Out Of Signal"),
Spiritualized
("Hush"), and
Harmonia
meeting pre-definite-article-
Verve
(closer "Memory Case").
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