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Stars Of The Lid
The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid
Release date: Oct. 22, 2001
Label: Kranky

Disc: 1
1. Requiem For Dying Mothers
2. Requiem For Dying Mothers
3. Down 3
4. Austin Texas Mental Hospital
5. Austin Texas Mental Hospital
6. Austin Texas Mental Hospital
7. Broken Harbours
8. Broken Harbours
9. Broken Harbours
10. Mulholland
11. Lonely People (Are Getting Lonelier)
12. Gas Farming
13. Piano Aquieu
14. Fac 21
15. Ballad Of Distances
16. Ballad Of Distances
17. Love Song (For Cubs)
18. Love Song (For Cubs)
19. Love Song (For Cubs)

Disc: 2
1. Mulholland
2. Lonely People (Are Getting Lonelier)
3. Gas Farming
4. Piano Aquieu
5. Fac 21
6. Ballad Of Distances
7. Ballad Of Distances
8. Love Song (For Cubs)
9. Love Song (For Cubs)
10. Love Song (For Cubs)

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Description
Stars of the Lid had made a career out of carefully craftedambient sounds, mixing more guitars into the electronic stew than some of their peers, but turning out just as placidlyentrancing and hypnotic a result.

THE TIRED SOUNDS isn't a drastic departure from the group's established format--thereare no pop choruses, reggae beats, or free jazz explorations here--but there's enough development to keep things interesting. Two discs in length, this is undoubtedly the group's most elaborate and extended sonic statement. At times, the textures are lush and full-bodied, encompassing what sounds like orchestral tones. Other moments are poignant in their small-scale fragility. The emotional tone of the record is varied as well, from cautiously sunny to moody and shadow-filled. That the Stars of the Lid can achieve such a breadth of evocations using little more than drones and slow washes of sound is a testament to their skill with their chosen palette.

Previously
* Stars of the Lid - And Their Refinement of the Decline (2007)