Yearling, by Orcas

Yearling

by Orcas

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Fabio Viola This album is a personal favorite of mine: hazy, twilight music that you can never get tired of. Favorite track: Infinite Stillness.

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1.	Petrichor 04:16	buy track
2.	Infinite Stillness 03:54	buy track
3.	Half Light 04:43	buy track
4.	Selah 06:56	buy track
5.	Capillaries 05:34	buy track
6.	An Absolute 03:53	buy track
7.	Filament 06:31	buy track
8.	Tell 08:48	buy track

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For "Yearling" ORCAS members Benoît Pioulard and Rafael Anton Irisarri (The Sight Below) teamed up with Martyn Heyne (of Efterklang) on guitar and piano, and Michael Lerner (Telekinesis) on drums to built upon the subdued ambience of their self-titled debut, adding a huge dose of analog warmth to their hazy pop leanings.

Whereas many songs on ORCAS' first album were built from guitar improvisations and impromptu vocal sessions, most of "Yearling" was constructed from short pieces Pioulard wrote and developed while staying in Germany during the summer of 2012. Working together at Heyne's Lichte Studio in Berlin and Irisarri's own Black Knoll Studio back in Seattle, they brought the album into full form over the course of the following year.

Whether it's the soaring guitars of “Infinite Stillness”, the Lynchian otherworldliness of “Filament”, the echoes of Spirit of Eden-era Talk Talk on “Capillaries” or the slow-building tape loops of “Tell”, Yearling subsists on variation while holding a lyrical center. Pioulard muses on absence, presence, dedication and distance; there's an ode to geography (“Selah”) and a lamentation of discord (“An Absolute”).

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released April 4, 2014

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Orcas New York, New York

Rafael Anton Irisarri and Benoit Pioulard

morrmusic.com

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Under the Milky Way

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Yearling

Apr 2014
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Apr 2012

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