BLACK TAPE FOR A BLUE GIRL - BIKE SHOP

BLACK TAPE FOR A BLUE GIRL - BIKE SHOP

Label: PROJEKT

Formato: 12"
Data: 14-10-2016

sam rosenthal: guitar & moog
michael plaster: vocals
brian viglione: drums

Featuring Sam’s delicate acoustic guitar work and a stirring vocal performance from Michael Plaster (of Soul Whirling Somewhere), these four songs are interconnected, intimate stories of a broken heart. Bike Shop, Sam’s fifth consecutively-funded Kickstarter project, displays the tenderest side of Blacktape.

Only one of the four songs will be included on Black Tape For A Blue Girl’s August 12th CD. These fleeting moments, their 11th studio album, is 70 minutes of powerful, gorgeously yearning tracks, born from the same place as their classic 90s releases Remnants of a deeper purity and A chaos of desire.

Sam says, “The tracks on the EP are quite different from the ones on the album; they are sparse and sensitive pieces written for Michael’s vocals. They’re up close and personal reflections on places and moments, asking how things fell apart. I wrote ‘Bike shop’ and when Michael got involved I quickly wrote three additional songs to tell more of the story of the character. But these weren’t the direction I was taking the album. I decided to put them together on this EP as a stand-alone piece outside the context of These fleeting moments.”

ScottM, one of Blacktape’s backers at Patreon, wrote: “Michael’s singing is perfect on each track. He achieves just the right combination of sadness, joy, frustration, weariness, and acceptance. Michael’s voice and Sam’s guitar appear to be right there in the room with me in all songs. The dynamic range is just right throughout… it sounds terrific!”

TRACKS

A1  Bike Shop / Absolute Zero  03:08

A2  The Cabin  03:31

B1  Vega  02:18

B2  She's Gone  04:02