Name: Love Is The Plan, The Plan Is Death
Brand: James Blackshaw

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imprec355cd

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Limited edition

Release date

2012-05-07

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

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James Blackshaw

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Folk

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written at a time of great emotional disquiet, the hauntingly beautiful and bittersweet ninth full-length studio album, 'love is the plan, the plan is death', from british guitarist-composer njames blackshaw was recorded at soma electronic music studios, chicago in december 2011 by engineer andrew hernandez (balmorhea). the six original pieces contained on the album (whose titles are lovingly misappropriated from those of short stories by the late, great science fiction author james tiptree jr aka alice b. sheldon,) are based alternately around nylon-string classical guitar and grand piano, with spare and subtle vibraphone and b3 organ parts overdubbed by blackshaw himself. genevive beaulieu (menace ruine/preterite) adds her stunning and powerful voice and words to track 'and i have come upon this place by lost ways'. 'love is the plan' is an incredibly warm and intimate recording and perhaps blackshaw's most concise, consistent and overtly melodic to date. "one of the best and most original instrumentalists in the new, acoustic renaissance" - david fricke, rolling stone

Love Is The Plan, The Plan Is Death

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