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BACK IN PRINT ON NEW LIME GREEN VINYL!!!
After a decade of being impossible to find, Chunklet brings back THE OLIVIA TREMOR CONTROLs classic sophomore release Dusk at Cubist Castle remastered from the original tapes and packaged in Stoughton tip on gatefold jackets with a download code of nearly three hours of hard-to-find previously unreleased material. Received a 9.1 Best New Reissue from Pitchfork.
Armed with a knack for hooky pop, plenty of psychedelic weirdness, and every instrument under the sun, Olivia Tremor Control burst into the collective pop consciousness with DUSK AT CUBIST CASTLE. Whether or not the claim that the album is the soundtrack to an unrealised film is literally true, this dizzying collection of songs certainly conjures up images of some great, lost, trippy 60s flick. With this albums 1996 arrival, the Elephant 6 revolution was fully under way. The indie-pop collective that also included Neutral Milk Hotel, Apples in Stereo, and others, would make the indie-rock world safe for 60s-influenced psych-pop, and CUBIST CASTLE is one of that movements flagship releases. While close vocal harmonies, quirky guitar and piano riffs, and perky rhythms abound; its OTCs ability to incorporate unconventional sounds and atmospheres into their work that sets them apart from most of their peers. Highly textured, ambient soundscapes intermingle freely with the bands joyously left-field pop tunes, each enhancing the impact of the other. In fact, the first pressing of the album included a bonus disc of ambient instrumentals in the vein of the groups subsequent side project the Black Swan Network.
In addition to the vinyl and artwork, the band has sifted through their archives to give fans over three hours of rare, hard-to-find or previously unreleased material in a 320kps download card. Drone. Tape loops. Live tracks. And finally, for the first time, all of the rare import b-sides and compilation tracks that came out in the 90s are in one place. The Dusk bonus material features the bonus CD that was included with initial copies of the record when it came out in 96.
One-time pressing of 1,000 copies. Received a 9.1 Best New Reissue from Pitchfork. One of the greatest releases of the 1990s.
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