ALEXIS TAYLOR – Paris In The Spring – LP – Vinyl [MAR 13]

Description

LP – Standard Edition Black Vinyl with Printed Inner Sleeve.

Alexis Taylor is one of the UKs most distinctive singer-songwriters. A singular voice, hes built a substantial body of solo work over the years. Paris In The Spring is his most revealing album yet, baring sentiments both specific and universal. The subject matter doesnt shy away from hard-hitting themes, but musically, its carefree, brightly-lit and contemporary, drawing on elegant disco-house, voluptuous basslines and Vangelis-inspired soundscapes.

Testament to his skill as a curator, hes called on some impressive personnel to help create its effervescent sound world: Airs Nicolas Godin, The Avalanches, Lola Kirke, Oli Bayston, tienne de Crcy, Elizabeth White of Pale Blue and Scritti Polittis Green Gartside, to name but a few. In this world, the confessional style of country is charged by the pop melodicism of Paul McCartney, the futuristic funk of Sly and the Family Stone and, as Taylor puts it, synthesisers left out in the rain. Its where British Americana meets Gallic flair, somewhere on Mars.

Thankfully, no synths were harmed in the making of the album. The title references a psychological test where things are not as they seem. You have to look for those double meanings, or whats hiding under the surface. Ultimately, this is an album about freedom from constraints, from preconceptions, from genre. Taylor experiments with all different musical styles country, folk, disco and has weaved it together here into something unique.

Tracklist:

1. Your Only Life
2. I Can Feel Your Love (produced by The Avalanches)
3. Out Of Phase feat. Lola Kirke
4. Wild Horses
5. Colombia
6. For a Toy
7. On A Whim (with Green Gartside of Scritti Politti)
8. Fainting By Numbers
9. mp3s Can Make You Cry
10. Black Lodge In The Sky