{"product_id":"council-this-day-every-day","title":"Council - This day, every day","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBedroom Community welcomes \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCouncil\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the collaborative project of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGabriel Kahane\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePekka Kuusisto\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCouncil brings together two artists who have spent their careers refusing easy categories. American singer-songwriter and composer Gabriel Kahane has built a singular body of work spanning song, contemporary classical music and orchestral writing, collaborating with artists from \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSufjan Stevens\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePhoebe Bridgers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e to the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSan Francisco Symphony\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Finnish violinist Pekka Kuusisto is equally difficult to contain: an internationally celebrated soloist, conductor and champion of new music whose practice moves freely through contemporary composition, folk traditions, electronics and improvisation. Together, they make something neither would make alone.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe seeds of Council were planted in 2015, when Kuusisto met Kahane and immediately began quizzing him about a tiny orchestration detail on one of his records. Kahane’s first reaction was essentially: who is this guy? A year later, after performing together in Helsinki, he was “immediately smitten by his sound, his musicianship, his whole vibe.” Long-distance collaborations became writing retreats in Finland and the United States, and over the following decade a shared musical language took shape. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis Day, Every Day\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is its first full-length document. Across twelve tracks, piano, guitar, acoustic and electric violin, harmonium, percussion, electronics and close, finely shaped vocals form a sound world that can be intimate one moment and violently expansive the next. The songs move between private experience and the wider pressures of contemporary life: mental illness, grief, memory, friendship, fatherhood, war, political disillusionment and the psychological exhaustion of the digital age.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOpening single “\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePanic (feat. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eElizabeth Ziman\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e” establishes the album’s central impulse:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is the part I’ve taught myself to leave out - Well not anymore. That willingness to expose what is normally concealed runs throughout the record. “\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTetris\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e” places fighter pilots killing time between missions against a relentlessly propulsive violin figure. “\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCrawlspace\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e” turns intimacy into something dreamlike and subterranean. “\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003emirrorworld\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e,” featuring synth and drum programming by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNick Sanborn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSylvan Esso\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, enters the distorted reality of conspiracy, online performance and information overload. Elsewhere, “\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe End of Days Inn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e” asks uncomfortable questions about the artist’s own complicity in the systems they criticise.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe album was co-produced with Kahane’s longtime collaborator \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJoseph Lorge\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, whose subtle interventions help shape its unusually tactile sound; additional guests include Elizabeth Ziman, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEliza Bagg\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSamuli Kosminen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLogan Strosahl\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTed Poor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor Kuusisto, Council is “the two of us trying to make sense of a number of things by exposing vulnerable parts of ourselves to each other.” The result is a record that is tender in both senses of the word: gentle and comforting, but also raw, exposed and painful to the touch.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bedroom Community","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":60107941511513,"sku":"SDZ-55350","price":18.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3455\/0945\/files\/Untitled-Design-4_f2eb5a2c-4d7c-4f7d-af59-3981b46ff1c6.png?v=1792749254","url":"https:\/\/spindizzyrecords.com\/products\/council-this-day-every-day","provider":"Spindizzy Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}