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Alabaster DePlume: Come With Fierce Grace

On September 8, 2023, “International Anthem Recording Company” label released “Come with Fierce Grace”, the sixth Alabaster DePlume studio album. It was recorded in two weeks period, in improvised sessions that DePlume later formed into songs, performing with musicians who were not given music before recording and not allowed to listen to the results.

 Personnel:

  • Alabaster DePlume – voice, tenor saxophone, guitar, synth, arrangements
  • Momoko Gill – lead vocals
  • Hannah Miller – voice, cello
  • Donna Thompson, Elly Condron, Luisa Gerstein, Natalie Pela, Rosa Slade – voice
  • Falle Nioke – voice, percussion
  • Conrad Singh, James Howard, Rozi Plain – guitar
  • Matthew Bourne – piano
  • Michael Chestnutt – synth
  • Matt Webb, Tom Herbert – double bass
  • Ruth Goller – bass
  • Tom Skinner, Ursula Russell – drums
  • Sarathy Korwar – drums, tabla
  • Kenichi Iwasa – percussion
  • Kristian Craig Robinson – recording
  • Dave Vettraino – mixing
  • David Allen – mastering
  • Raimond Wong – artwork
  • Craig Hansen – layout
  • Chris Almeida – photography

Track listing:

  1. Sibomandi
  2. What Can It Take
  3. To That Voice and Say
  4. Greek Honey Stick
  5. Give Me Away
  6. Fall on Flowers
  7. Did You Know
  8. Levels of Human
  9. Not Even Sobbing
  10. The Best Thing in the World
  11. Naked Like Water
  12. Broken Again

Grizzly Bear: Veckatimest

On May 26, 2009, “Warp” label released “Veckatimest”, the third Grizzly Bear studio album. It was recorded in 2008, at “Allaire Studios” in the Catskill Mountains, New York, and was produced by Chris Taylor. The album cover drawing was by William O’Brien.

Personnel:

  • Daniel Rossen– vocals, guitar, keyboards, string arrangements
  • Ed Droste– vocals, guitar, keyboards, omnichord
  • Chris Taylor– bass guitar, woodwinds, backing vocals
  • Christopher Bear– drums, backing vocals
  • Victoria Legrand- backing vocals
  • Brooklyn Youth Choir – backing vocals
  • Acme String Quartet – strings
  • Nico Muhly- choral arrangements
  • Chris Taylor- engineer
  • Gareth Jones – co-mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Steve Falone – mastering assistant
  • Ben Wilkerson Tousley – design
  • Amelia Bauer – hand drawn text

Track listing:

All tracks by Ed Droste, Daniel Rossen, Chris Taylor and Christopher Bear.

  1. Southern Point
  2. Two Weeks
  3. All We Ask
  4. Fine for Now
  5. Cheerleader
  6. Dory
  7. Ready, Able
  8. About Face
  9. Hold Still
  10. While You Wait for the Others
  11. I Live With You
  12. Foreground