British Sea Power - Man of Aran

Title: Man of Aran Artist: British Sea Power Release Date: 6/9/2009 Label: Rough Trade Album Type(s): soundtrack UPC: 883870049924 Genre: Rock Styles: Soundtracks, Indie Rock, Film Music, Original Score, Alternative/Indie Rock Moods: Eccentric, Brooding, Earnest, Energetic, Intense, Lush, Provocative, Searching, Cathartic, Cerebral, Detached, Dramatic, Literate, Passionate, Tense/Anxious, Theatrical, Urgent, Volatile, Quirky Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 4 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Man of Aran :: British Sea Power
2. The South Sound :: British Sea Power
3. Come Wander With Me :: British Sea Power
4. Tiger King :: British Sea Power
5. The Currach :: British Sea Power
6. Boy Vertiginous :: British Sea Power
7. Spearing the Sunfish :: British Sea Power
8. Conneely of the West :: British Sea Power
9. The North Sound :: British Sea Power
10. Woman of Aran :: British Sea Power
11. It Comes Back Again :: British Sea Power
12. No Man Is an Archipelago :: British Sea Power

Year Type Label Catalog # 2009 CD Rough Trade 499

Man of Aran [CD/DVD]

Man of Aran, a 1934 docu-drama that chronicled the difficult daily lives of the inhabitants of Western Ireland's remote Aran Islands, boasts all of the elements (wind, water, sky, and barren landscapes) that make a successful British Sea Power song, so it's no revelation that the band's soundtrack for the film fits like a pair of weather-beaten oars in a pair of equally ancient hands. The direct antithesis of 2008's stadium ready Do You Like Rock Music?, the largely instrumental Man of Aran (only the folksy "Come Wander with Me," a cover culled from an obscure 1964 Twilight Zone episode, features vocals) unfolds like a wave in the middle of the ocean with its sights set on a rocky shore. With the main melody of Rock Music's "The Great Skua" as its backbone, British Sea Power's penchant for slow-building post-rock vistas and reverb-drenched bursts of guitar, trumpet, and violin has reached its logical crescendo. While not as awe-inspiring as it yearns to be, Man of Aran deftly fuses the imagery of the open water to the sound it makes when dripping out of a vintage tube amplifier. On its own, listeners may be lulled to the chilly deeps of sleep, but paired with the accompanying DVD, they'll be wiping the salt spray from their brows and pulling long rows of kelp out of their teeth. ~ James Christopher Monger, All Music Guide

No credits were found for this album.