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Date of release: Oct 06 2023
Recorded and self-released by The Shadow Ring's own Dry Leaf Discs in 1993, City Lights is the debut record of the then duo Graham Lambkin and Darren Harris-an assured arrival statement teeming with stripling angst and ambition. On a recently-acquired secondhand guitar, Lambkin plays repetitive, brooding licks that form the record's backbone, weaving in and out of sync with Harris's free-form percussion and the pair's sing-song poetry. Tracks range from unraveling nursery-rhyme ditties to extended jams awash with Casiotone and toy piano noodling. The duo's musical hobby-horses work themselves in: the influence of Mark E. Smith's breathless deadpan, the headless outer-edges of ESP-Disk's back catalog, the eerie atmospherics of Hirsche Nicht Aufs Sofa, and the deconstructed rock tunes of the Dunedin scene are all detectable, although there is a sui generis quality to the Shadow Ring's artless temerity. "I've got to see and taste those city lights," intones Lambkin on the album's title track-indeed, this is a record of naked drive and pent-up desperation, and a shimmering glimpse of what's to come.
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Vinyl release of The Shadow Ring - City Lights. Released through BLANK FORMS EDITIONS and available on LP.
(5464562)
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Cat No: BF038LP
Barcode: 783970982582
Packaging: LP (100g)
SKU | 5464562 |
Barcode # | 783970982582 |
Artist | The Shadow Ring |
Artist/Author | THE SHADOW RING |
Shipping weight | 0.6140kg |
Format | LP (100g) |
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