everybody's pain is magnificent itsnotyouitsme
ITSNOTYOUITSME
EVERYBODY'S PAIN IS MAGNIFICENT
release date: September 27, 2011
itsnotyouitsme consists of two prolific, highly regarded New York musicians: violinist/composer Caleb Burhans and guitarist Grey McMurray, each of whom has an extensive musical output in a variety of ensembles and musical idioms. They formed the ensemble itsnotyouitsme in 2003, fusing and distilling their eclectic mutual inspirations, including the likes of J.S. Bach, Brian Eno, and Pink Floyd. Since its inception, the duo has carved out a unique niche at the intersection of chamber music, jazz, and post-rock musical scenes with their breathtaking, genre-defying instrumental soundscapes. Textura called it a “chamber-ambient grandeur…multi-dimensional dreamscaping.”
Following itsnotyouitsme’s first two critically acclaimed albums is everybody’s pain is magnificent, an 88 minute double-disc album that serves as a mature and well-honed artistic statement. Like the duo’s first two albums — walled gardens and fallen monuments — which were lauded by critics for their idiosyncratic ambient sound worlds generated by copious melodic looping, everybody’s pain is magnificent enraptures the listener with its dense textural landscapes. The emphasis on slowly shifting harmonies and polished timbres represents a marked departure away from the group’s earlier Philip Glass-inspired additive process minimalism and toward a more abstracted soundworld of flowing textures.
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Tracklisting:
the snake of forever
the fate of the world rests in the hands of a tiny animal
old friends, lost relatives
gardens of loss
it might be time to leave this place and go mingle with our heroes
words we weren't allowed to say
little wish
mammoth super column to the towers of
the ghosts among us
will the water save us now?
glowing embers, pillared palaces
bluebird (in my heart)
i will watch the sky until the end of my time
and this is why we can't have nice things
always look up (always look up)
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