Cedars

Clearlake - Cedars

Cedars
List Price: $11.98
Our Price: $6.36
You Save: $5.62 (47%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $0.49 (click here)
Category: Music CD
See more new music releases
Listen soundtracks from this album



(Click here)
Buy this Music CD at online store in your country
Canadian Music Store

Music CD Cover

Artist: Clearlake
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2003-10-21
Music Label: Domino
Soundtracks:
  1. Almost The Same
  2. The Mind Is Evil
  3. Wonder If The Snow Will Settle
  4. Cant Feel A Thing
  5. Id Like To Hurt You
  6. Come Into The Darkness
  7. Just Off The Coast
  8. Keep Smiling
  9. Its All Too Much
  10. Treat Yourself With Kindness
  11. Trees In The City

Free Music Notes for Cedars

Free Music Review: 9.1 out of 10 from PitchforkMedia.com
Hit: 5 Stars

Domino four-piece Clearlake call the same Sussex coast home, and sound like the sort of kids in shivering shorts whose skin thickened from playground pushes. But instead of marveling under the iron ribs of St. Pancras or hunting Cornish abbeys - Clearlake construct their own echoing places of worship in Cedars, with some help from the Cocteau Twins' Simon Raymonde.

With the band's arcane 2001 debut, Lido, behind him, lyricist Jason Pegg clouds his nostalgia with fear and devilry. As drums clap like pew-kneelers under buttresses of strings on "The Mind Is Evil", Pegg warns like a grimacing choirboy, "it makes me do all those unspeakable things." This veiling of coal-colored sentiment in majestic settings runs through every track. In "Keep Smiling", the lines "Just nod your head accordingly and do the opposite of anything they tell you" mirror Thom Yorke's Hail to the Thief manifesto, but Pegg's de-politicized subversion strikes harder-- as unlike Yorke's reaction against the obvious, with his willingness to point the finger inward to less-admittable wickedness. Elsewhere, processional whipcracks of percussion and paint-chipped baby grands drive him to admit "I wouldn't hurt a fly, but I'd really like to punish you" on "I'd Like to Hurt You", suggesting that any of us can snap under pressure-- whether that pressure results from government, the anxious Zeitgeist, or ex-girlfriends, Pegg doesn't say, but the universal ambiguity of his sentiments injects the music with a raw and timeless nature.

Throughout Cedars, Clearlake continually find beauty in melancholy and melancholy behind beauty, while raising your hairs in reverence with occasional guitar squalls. Murals of feedback, keyboards, and chanting close in around "Come into the Darkness". As Pegg inverts the Golden Rule into a mantra of selfish motivation on "Treat Yourself with Kindness", lurching chords burst up the walls like shadows springing in sudden bold bars of light through stained glass. The drama segues into the closing hymn of "Trees in the City", where hope is found in the resilient growth of greenery in a smoky metropolis.

The British love to honor through a lacerating wit. It seems almost as if modernity is tolerated only with the thought that one day humanity will lose and the English countryside will expel the scars of society. Clearlake fit into this tradition as true patriots. Cedars towers in the tradition of the best British art.

Cedars Poster

Clearlake, that saw the band develop a darker & more heartfelt sound in the wake of their critically-acclaimed debut, 'Lido'. These 12 thrilling songs each pay testament to the quality of this beautiful album, conceived by the band in France and Brighton and produced with former Cocteau Twin, Simon Raymonde. Jason Pegg's incisive songs explore subjects rarely visited articulately in pop since peak-period Smiths - madness, death, loss, self-loathing and self-healing among them. The outlook may occasionally be overcast but it's offset by the tremendous therapeutic clout of gorgeous melody and forensically observed lyrics. This album also boasts an expanding palette of raw and evocative sonics: guitars that describe small orchestras of feedback, woozily-arranged strings, chiming antique pianos and rich, layered vocal harmonies all recorded with a garagey bravado. "Throughout Cedars, Clearlake continually find beauty in melancholy and melancholy behind beauty, while raising your hairs in reverence with occasional guitar squalls." Pitchfork Media "This is one of the most unique, inviting, and ultimately thrilling song cycles released this year." Delusions of Adequacy "A beautiful record." Uncut

Alternative Rock Music CDs

Music Genres
Top music charts in Alternative Rock Music CDs
Maniacal Laughter ImageBouncing Souls - Maniacal Laughter
Release date: 1996-01-26; Music CD
Best price: $30.00
Parallel Lines ImageBlondie - Parallel Lines
Release date: 1994-07-29; Music CD
Best price: $397.77
L.A. Woman ImageDoors - L.A. Woman
Release date: 1993-04-09; Music CD
Best price: $199.99
Phallus Dei ImageAmon Duul - Phallus Dei
Release date: 1997-04-08; Music CD
Price in other shops: $18.98
Melrose ImageTangerine Dream - Melrose
Release date: 1990-10-02; Music CD
Best price: $74.98
Private Music of Tangerine Dream ImageTangerine Dream - Private Music of Tangerine Dream
Release date: 1992-11-10; Music CD
Best price: $8.00
Price in other shops: $11.98
Ska Explosion [VHS] ImageSka Explosion [VHS]
Cleopatra; Release date: 1995-02-28; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $14.99
Price in other shops: $16.98
Little Earthquakes [VHS] ImageLittle Earthquakes [VHS]
Atlantic / Wea; Release date: 1992-11-10; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $7.00
Price in other shops: $16.98
Exile ImageExile
by Geoffrey Oryema
Music CD
Best price: $4.95
Louder Than Live [VHS] ImageSoundgarden - Louder Than Live [VHS]
A&M Video; Release date: 1991-07-01; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Price in other shops: $14.98
Top Rated Albums
Parallax ImageAtlas Sound - Parallax
Release date: 2011-11-08; Music CD
Best price: $8.21
Price in other shops: $14.98
Pixel Revolt ImageJohn Vanderslice - Pixel Revolt
Release date: 2005-08-23; Music CD
Best price: $8.40
Price in other shops: $15.98
The Whole Love ImageWilco - The Whole Love
Release date: 2011-09-27; Music CD
Best price: $14.99
Price in other shops: $21.98
Amber ImageClearlake - Amber
Release date: 2006-01-24; Music CD
Best price: $6.35
Price in other shops: $13.98
Compare prices and find music notes for more than one million Music CD titles