{"product_id":"wasylyk-andrew-irreparable-parables","title":"Wasylyk, Andrew - Irreparable Parables","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor his 10th studio outing, the Scottish composer has taken the bold step of adding a hand-picked selection of vocalists to his mesmerising, dreamlike instrumentals that straddle the borders between ambient, classical, and jazz.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHarnessing the undeniable talents of Gruff Rhys, Belle \u0026amp; Sebastian’s Stuart Murdoch, Field Music, Kathryn Joseph, and so many more, Wasylyk’s mercurial sonic tapestries, formed from his “half-broken instruments”, expand into fully-fledged vehicles for imagination, rumination, and memory. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnd, as part of this exclusive Dinked edition on green \u0026amp; white marbled vinyl, he’s also including the \u003cem\u003eInundated Indentations\u003c\/em\u003e CD - a companion piece album of alternative \u0026amp; instrumental mixes!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSix singers appear on the record, represented by six songbirds illustrated on the sleeve by Clay Pipe Music’s Frances Castle. The cuckoo is a nod to Belle and Sebastian’s 2004 single ‘I’m A Cuckoo’, that band’s Stuart Murdoch being the first voice you hear on the new album. When the vocal for ‘Private Symphony #2’ 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\u003e\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 Gruff Rhys of the Super Furry Animals, Saya Ueno from Japan’s Tenniscoats and Peter Brewis from Field Music. 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, ‘Love Is A Life That Lasts Forever’ and ‘Spectators In The Absence of God’, sung respectively by Molly Linen and Kathryn Joseph. 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‘Spectators …’ 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, ‘Soul Enters The Ocean Sun Climbs Out Of The Sea’, 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. It blows my mind.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor Fans Of: Hampshire \u0026amp; Foat \/ Molly Linen \/ Tenniscoats \/ Group Listening \/ Alabaster DePlume \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Clay Pipe Music","offers":[{"title":"White LP with Alt Art","offer_id":51108733813014,"sku":"RMX-64662","price":25.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Dinked Edition - Green \u0026 White Marbled LP + Alt Art Print *Signed by Artist* + Bonus CD","offer_id":50907642986774,"sku":"RMX-59942","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"Pink LP","offer_id":50907643019542,"sku":"RMX-59943","price":25.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50907643052310,"sku":"RMX-59944","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0839\/7750\/2998\/files\/0b9ee1fb0acb1c8b800671a8ca33420b.jpg?v=1767705153","url":"https:\/\/resident-music-uk.myshopify.com\/products\/wasylyk-andrew-irreparable-parables","provider":"Resident Music UK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}