A Beginner's Mind
CD
Available from 24/09/2021
Also Available in LP12 Double Vinil (Coloured) , LP12 Vinil (View All)
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STEVENS, SUFJAN & DE AUGUSTINE, ANGELO
A BEGINNER'S MIND (ASTHMATIC KITTY)
CD | LP BLACK | LP GREEN
CD | LP BLACK | LP GREEN
It's been said that writing about music is like dancing about architecture
(impossible and absurd). But what about singing about movies? Sufjan
Stevens and Angelo De Augustine have paired up for a collaborative
project that does just that. A Beginner's Mind is their debut album that
contains 14 songs (loosely) based on (mostly) popular films. The source
material is highbrow, lowbrow, and everything in between. The music is
folksy, sweet, sincere and harmonically effervescent-Simon & Garfunkel
with New Age flourishes. This album runs the gamut and has fun with it,
even while its songwriters remain fully rooted in the melancholy folk idioms
they are known for. Daniel Anum Jasper, a pioneer of Ghanian movie
poster painting, was commissioned to paint a series of new works for A
Beginner's Mind. His paintings are a graphic simulacrum for the same
sense of wonder, wordplay, and intrigue that shape A Beginner's Mind. By
transforming old films into vital new songs, Stevens and De Augustine ask
us to consider ourselves from a previously unconsidered vantage point-a
new way of seeing and hearing-an exercise that's as necessary and
relevant now as it's ever been.
TRACKLISTING: 01. REACH OUT 02. LADY MACBETH IN CHAINS 03. BACK
TO OZ 04. THE PILLAR OF SOULS 05. YOU GIVE DEATH A BAD NAME
06. BEGINNER'S MIND 07. OLYMPUS 08. MURDER AND CRIME 09. (THIS
IS) THE THING 10. IT'S YOUR OWN BODY AND MIND 11. LOST IN THE
WORLD 12. FICTIONAL CALIFORNIA 13. CIMMERIAN SHADE 14. LACRIMAE
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