Caroline 2 [Vinyl]

Caroline – Caroline 2 [Vinyl]

Ever evolving London-based eight-piece ensemble caroline return with their first newmusic in three years. The first record was a compilation, but this one is a declaration, says Jasper Llewellyn. Fleshed out over several songwriting trips across Scotland, France and England, carolines second album picks up where its predecessor left off, but in many, many others, it finds them breaking new ground. It makes for a record of extraordinary scopewhere the organic and the artificial, the harsh and the beautiful, the pristine and the hazy all clash and combine. Tell me I never knew that welcomes a new voice entirely in Caroline Polachek. A mutual fan, Polachek agreed not only to contribute to a song, but to push it even further.She was a force to be reckoned with, says OMalley. She was singing for five or six hours, writing new harmonies. On caroline 2, what were once incidental moments have become an intentional centerpiece. On Coldplay cover (a joke name that ended up sticking), half of the band started playing in their managers living room, the other half in the kitchen, while engineer Syd Kemp physically took a microphone from one room to the other. There are many other worlds to be found across this record There are earthly sweeps of strings, starkly manipulated vocals, low resonant drones, fractured snippets of field recordings and a great heaving soundheavily distorted acoustic instrumentsConstantly shifting, but consistently magnificent.A1. Total euphoriaA2. Song twoA3. Tell me I never knew thatA4. When I get homeB1. U R UR ONLY ACHINGB2. Coldplay coverB3. Two riders downB4. Beautiful ending