artist: Benoit Pioulard
title: Lasted
catalog#: krank145
formats available: LP / CD / Digital
release date: October 11, 2010
content:
Lasted is the third album by Thomas Meluch under the alias Benoit Pioulard. Thomas has toured throughout North America and Europe since his last record, the process of which has had a marked impact on the development of these songs as lyrics and structures have been scrapped, tweaked and reworked in the live setting. As with previous albums it was recorded and mixed in domestic isolation, this time throughout the rainy season in his current home of Portland, Oregon.
While the extent of the dreary climate’s influence on the results is left to the listener’s discretion, what is certain is that Thomas has a preternatural ability to weave disparate sound components into a cohesive sonic tapestry, mixing a varied palette of field recordings and percussive elements along with melancholy melodies to create songs that recall - and are akin to - vespers of long-buried memories.
track listing:
1. purse discusses 2. sault 3. rto 4. gloss 5. tie 6. shouting distance 7. fluoresce 8. lasted
9. weird door 10. ailleurs 11. passenger 12. tack & tower 13. a coin on the tongue 14. nod
selected discography:
Precis 2006 kranky
Temper 2008 kranky
press quotes for Temper:
"Pioulard's distinctive process of melding opposites into a unified whole is a rare talent and one that will always be welcomed." Skyscraper
"Pioulard is equally gifted at creating uniquely outdoorsy sound worlds as he is at crafting hook-filled songs." All Music Guide
"This is baby-making music for sasquatches; break-up soundtracks for amoebas. Benoît Pioulard’s tarp of harmonized vocals are slid like a piece of wax between the mess below and prickly melody, bright and stereo, on top." Cokemachineglow
"Meluch's aesthetics remain hushed but at the same time fill a room with his swirling microcosm of creaks and close mic-ed strums, and of course his mournful but pleasing croon anchored squarely to the top of the mix." Raven Sings the Blues
"Pioulard's work is a remarkably effortless cohabitation between bedroom electronics and wistful songwriting." The Wire
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