Name: As The Crow Flies
Brand: Stratus

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frgcd001

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2012-09-10

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Supplier GB

The Orchard

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

Artist

Stratus

Genre GB

Psychedelic

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stratus are mat anthony and martin jenkins, two english gents whose love for warped soundtracks, fuzzed-out psychedelic and analog aesthetics is distilled in the bittersweet harmonies and wistful bliss of their songs, taking in everything from sublime pastoral electronics through to string-laden cosmic rock. their long-awaited second album 'as the crow flies' is the follow-up to their acclaimed debut 'fear of magnetism' (which spawned the epic single 'uplink') and was recorded over the past few years with both parties taking time out along the way - mat producing psych edits and surf noir for vintage rockers and martin making solo releases for joakim's tigersushi label and the haunting synthesizer transcripts of the black mill tapes trilogy as pye corner audio. a fascination for french cinematic composers of the 60s and 70s such as francois de roubaix and jean-claude vannier was fuelled after remixing serge gainsbourg in their early days as a production duo and these influences weigh heavy in lush orchestral arrangements, stripped psych rock rhythms, enigmatic synths and music-box melodies. fragments of guitar and piano combine with celestial strings while occasional vocals swirl through with pedal steel, driving brass and organ drones drenched in worn spring reverb. 'as the crow flies' offers a glimpse into hidden places at the edge of memory... an unhurried, bittersweet soundtrack that revels in elegant disrepair and bucolic delight.

As The Crow Flies

Music GB