Name: The Most Important Place in the World
Brand: Bill Wells and Aidan Moffat

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

chem220cd

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

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Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2015-03-16

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

PIAS

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UPC / Barcode

5024545707823

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Bill Wells and Aidan Moffat

Genre GB

Alternative / Modern

Label GB

Chemikal Underground

Moving on from the preoccupations of Bill and Aidan's debut long-player, 'Everything's Getting Older', 'The Most Important Place In The World' supplants the encroachment of age as a primary theme with the notion of the metropolis as femme fatale, a voluptuous siren promising opportunity and possibility: "Her doors are open, her legs are spread," in the words of the opening song, 'On The Motorway'. The tension between domesticity and devilry, temperance and temptation, is a seam that runs through the record. As with its predecessor, this collection finds Aidan variously speaking, snarling and singing his candid tales along to jazz-inflected melodies so exquisite they barely belong to the gauche reality of the 21st century. While the palette utilised across these 12 extraordinary nocturnes bears a direct connection to that of 'Everything's Getting Older', Wells and Moffat here deploy a broader and deeper panoply of sounds, touching on electro-pop ('The Eleven Year Glitch') as much as the tuxedo seductions of Bacharach and David ('Any Other Mirror') and Caledonian gospel ('Street Pastor Colloquy, 3am'). Further burnishing this sumptuous canvas are the contributions of saxophonist John Burgess, trumpeter Robert Henderson (last seen playing a corpse in the video for The Copper Top from Everything's Getting Older), tuba player Danielle Price, string ensemble the Cairn Quartet, viola player Aby Vulliamy - a member of Wells' National Jazz Trio of Scotland - and the Glad Café Community Choir. Wrapped in the handiwork of Aidan's six-year-old son and named after an IKEA slogan, 'The Most Important Place In The World' was recorded at Chem19 in Blantyre and Castle of Doom in Glasgow with producer Paul Savage (Mogwai, Franz Ferdinand, King Creosote) in September and October 2014.LP - Following the triple vinyl extravagance of 'Everything's Getting Older', Chemikal Underground have gone for a slightly more restrained though still value-packed option for 'The Most Important Place In The World'. Available as a 2LP with added extras, you can always rely on Aidan to deliver a vinyl package at the upper end of the sumptuous-ometer. The original album on heavy (180 Gram) vinyl. Bonus one-sided vinyl features 4 tracks (12 mins) of exclusive material. A 12x12 12-page booklet featuring lyrics and sheet music. Printed hymn sheet for 'Street Pastor Colloqy, 3am'. Download code for 320kbps MP3s.

The Most Important Place in the World

Music GB