 • Download it from iTunes • Download it from eMusic • Download it from Amazon | SOCIAL STUDIES: AN INTRODUCTION TO CHARLES ATLAS Release Date: 5/27 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 Chapultepec 2 Antiphon 3 The Snow Before Us 4 Neither/Nor 5 Grumblebee 6 Demus 7 Photosphere 8 The Deadest Bar 9 Signal Flags 10 Strategies for Success Boxes 11 Port, Noise Complaint |
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This compilation celebrates ten years of Charles Atlas. Since 1998 their shimmering monets of sound have carried a recurring stamp of introverted minimalist beauty. Built on foundations of keys and guitars, these pieces avoid the traps of convoluted structure and skip straight to emotion. Charles Atlas are masters of tranquil deliveries, but the contents have subtle tensions that reveal themselves over a period of years. The packages were sent to you, but without a return address. Their mysteries are always just out of reach, with messages that never demand, or ask for anything in return. The band has toured the States, England, Italy and performed at the M1 Fringe Festival in Singapore. Charles Atlas has shared bills with Low, Bright Eyes, Papa-M, Mick Turner, The Radar Bros., M. Ward, American Music Club, Pram and Tunng just to name a few. They've released five full lengths, a remix record, two seven inches, one ten-inch, a split CD-EP and have appeared on many label compilations. 'Social Studies' compiles their best material from this very fertile period. | |
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"As far as (blissed-out) instro music goes..CA are at the absolute peak of the mountain". -THE BIG TAKEOVER "(Charles Atlas) breathe new life into forms that feel familiar but since abandoned." -DUSTED "This is a band not afraid to wrap itself in haunting beauty that's as fascinating as it is potentially soul-crushing." -FAKEJAZZ "Creeping fogs, ghost trains and ravens on fenceposts have nothing on the impending sense of cumulative dread this San Franciso trio summons with its spookyvision soundtracks." -MAGNET | |
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