Music from the Unrealized Film Script, Dusk at Cubist Castle

by The Olivia Tremor Control

Overview

Not the Beatles, but an incredible facsimile: on their sprawling 27-song debut opus, Music From the Unrealized Film Script, Dusk at Cubist Castle, the Olivia Tremor Control manage to summon not only the sound of the White Album-era Fab Four, but also the unfettered creativity. The soundtrack to an unmade film about a pair of women named Olivia and Jacqueline and a massive earthquake dubbed the California Demise, the album incorporates a slew of influences and textures (including Beach Boys-flavored pop, psychedelia, Krautrock, noise, and folk-rock) and synthesizes them into a distinct homebrew of shimmering harmonies, guitar drones, backward tape loops, and inventive effects. As an added bonus, the first few thousand copies came with a bonus CD of ambient "dream sequences" -- titled Explanation II -- which, when played simultaneously with the first disc, realizes true quadraphonic sound. Amazing. ~ Jason Ankeny

Product Details

Release Date:	10/18/2011
Label:	Chunklet
UPC:	0789397828717
Rank:	32713

Tracks

Disc 1

1. The Opera House
2. Frosted Ambassador
3. Jumping Fences
4. Define a Transparent Dream
5. No Growing (Exrgesis)
6. Holiday Surprises 1, 2, 3
7. Courtyard
8. Memories of Jacqueline 1906
9. Tropical Bells
10. Can You Come Down With Us?
11. Marking Time

Disc 2

12. Track 12: Green Typewriters
13. Track 13: Green Typewriters
14. Track 14: Green Typewriters
15. Track 15: Green Typewriters
16. Track 16: Green Typewriters
17. Track 17: Green Typewriters
18. Track 18: Green Typewriters
19. Track 19: Green Typewriters
20. Track 20: Green Typewriters
21. Track 21: Green Typewriters
22. Spring Succeeds
23. Theme for a Very Delicious Grand Piano
24. I Can Smell the Leaves
25. Dusk at Cubist Castle
26. The Gravity Car
27. NYC-25

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Olivia Tremor Control   Primary Artist
Robert Schneider   Guest Artist,Bass,Vocals,Melodica,Tibetan Bowls
Jeff Mangum   Guest Artist,Chant,Piano,Vocals,Melodica,Slide Guitar
Bill Doss   Vocals
Will Cullen Hart   Vocals
Eric Harris   Vocals
John Fernandes   Vocals
Julian Koster   Mallets,Musical Saw,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric)
Steve Jacobek   Trumpet
Rick Benjamin   Trombone

Technical Credits

Bill Doss   Design,Artwork,Composer
Robert Schneider   Engineer,Producer
Will Cullen Hart   Design,Artwork,Composer
Eric Harris   Composer