{"product_id":"andrew-wasylyk-irreparable-parables","title":"ANDREW WASYLYK - Irreparable Parables","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLP - Limited Dinked Edition #384: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003e Green \u0026amp; white marbled vinyl \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e*\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003e Alternative art print, signed \u0026amp; numbered by the artist, Frances Castle \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e*\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003e CD of ‘\u003cem\u003eInundated Indentations\u003c\/em\u003e,’ a companion piece album of alternative \u0026amp; instrumental mixes \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e*\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003e Limited pressing of 500 \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e*\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor his new album, \u003cem\u003eIrreparable Parables\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eAndrew Wasylyk\u003c\/strong\u003e felt a strong desire to write a set of songs featuring an element hitherto rare in his work: the human voice. Equally strong was the conviction that he did not want to sing them himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Scottish multi-instrumentalist and composer set about assembling a group of guest singers, sending out the songs to wherever they were in the world. The vocals were recorded remotely and then, like migrating birds, winged their way back to Scotland. The result is an album of great beauty which, perhaps preeminently in Wasylyk’s work, expresses the vulnerability and resilience of the human spirit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSix singers appear on the record, represented by six songbirds illustrated on the sleeve by \u003cstrong\u003eClay Pipe Music\u003c\/strong\u003e’s \u003cstrong\u003eFrances Castle\u003c\/strong\u003e. The cuckoo is a nod to \u003cstrong\u003eBelle and Sebastian\u003c\/strong\u003e’s 2004 single ‘\u003cem\u003eI’m A Cuckoo\u003c\/em\u003e’, that band’s \u003cstrong\u003eStuart Murdoch\u003c\/strong\u003e being the first voice you hear on the new album. When the vocal for ‘\u003cem\u003ePrivate Symphony #2\u003c\/em\u003e’ arrived, says Wasylyk, “it was everything that I was looking for and more. But this is Stuart Murdoch. Of course he’s going to make something incredibly beautiful and thoughtful.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe song lyrics were, for the most part, written by the singers. The music is Wasylyk’s creation. He navigates a sound world that lies somewhere beyond the borders of classical and jazz, ambient and abstract. It is difficult to describe, but easy to understand, which is to say to feel. That is the way Wasylyk’s work is experienced: as a feeling. It takes you back to childhood, perhaps, to feelings of comfort and safety, or to memories of walks at sunrise and sunset, or to the way a shadow falls on a particular field in a particular place at a particular time in your life. This is consoling music. That is why, though pretty, it is not merely pretty. These are songs to shore up the soul.\u003cbr\u003eWasylyk writes in a room, in his native Dundee, full of “half-broken” instruments. He picks these up, plays a little, seeking an idea, a feeling, a door that lies ajar. The musical palette of \u003cem\u003eIrreparable Parables\u003c\/em\u003e includes brass and woodwind, a six-piece string section, guitar, bass, drums, vibraphone, Mellotron, Fender Rhodes, tape loops, synthesisers and percussion. The strings were arranged by the cellist Pete Harvey, a long-term collaborator.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmong the other guest vocalists are \u003cstrong\u003eGruff Rhys\u003c\/strong\u003e of the \u003cstrong\u003eSuper Furry Animals\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eSaya Ueno\u003c\/strong\u003e from Japan’s \u003cstrong\u003eTenniscoats\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003ePeter Brewis\u003c\/strong\u003e from \u003cstrong\u003eField Music\u003c\/strong\u003e. Wasylyk himself takes the lead vocal on the title track, though a throat infection and touch of pitch-shifting have altered his singing in a way that even he, having fallen out of love with his own voice, finds acceptable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe heart of the record can, arguably, be found in two tracks, ‘\u003cem\u003eLove Is A Life That Lasts Forever\u003c\/em\u003e’ and ‘\u003cem\u003eSpectators In The Absence of God\u003c\/em\u003e’, sung respectively by \u003cstrong\u003eMolly Linen\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eKathryn Joseph\u003c\/strong\u003e. The former, bright with trumpets, was inspired by the writing of Derek Jarman. “I was feeling deeply upset about the world and wanted to try and write something that was obviously hopeful,” Wasylyk says.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘\u003cem\u003eSpectators\u003c\/em\u003e …’ offers an emotional counterpoint. It is an “apocalyptic hymn” that seems to grapple with watching human suffering from afar, too distant to be at physical risk, but experiencing the psychological wounding, and feelings of helplessness, even complicity, that come with constant awareness of other people’s pain. “Kathryn’s a pal, I love her dearly, and she’s a brilliant artist who really feels what she writes,” Wasylyk says. “The cracked tenderness of her voice is spellbinding.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe album closes with an instrumental piece, ‘\u003cem\u003eSoul Enters The Ocean Sun Climbs Out Of The Sea’\u003c\/em\u003e, all piano and strings, that offers a sense of resolution and ascension. A good moment, too, for Wasylyk to reflect upon the artistic companionship that he enjoyed while making this record – the songbirds that answered his call: “These humans are incredible at what they do. I’m deeply grateful and feel so lucky. 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