One of two double CD reissues containing Efterklang's first two full-length albums, together with their accompanying Eps, in deluxe foldout card packaging with new 16-page booklets containing sleeve notes written by the band.
Watershed second album "Parades" is now joined by the long-deleted "Under Giant Trees" mini-album. This also features two live recordings of tracks from the album.
CD1: 1. Polygyne 2. Mirador 3. Him Poe Poe 4. Horseback Tenors 5. Mimeo 6. Frida Found A Friend 7. Maison De R'flexion 8. Blowing Lungs Like Bubbles 9. Caravan 10. Illuminant 11. Cutting Ice To Snow
CD2: 1. Falling Horses 2. Himmelbjerget 3. Hands Playing Butterfly 4. Towards The Bare Hill 5. Jojo 6. Mirador (Live) 7. Cutting Ice To Snow (Live)
Every so often an album comes along that's so original it's difficult to accurately liken it to anything else ' even Efterklang's last album, Tripper, is left behind by Parades - 4/5 Mojo (#23 album of 2007)
This is their Dark Side Of The Moon, their OK Computer; it's the album Bj'rk wishes she'd conjured in her mind when realising Vespertine, full of mystery and long-term intrigue. Seriously; this is one 2007's finest LPs, no question -10/10' Drowned In Sound
Parades is one of those truly rare records that' is entirely without fault - Clash (#38 Album Of Clash's Lifetime)
Intimately immense - 4/5 Uncut
Majestic' A mighty, thoughtful offering - XLR8R
This is the album to spend your tokens on. Five stars - The Guardian
Beautifully intoxicating' Efterklang's music does conjure cinematic ambience without further embellishment: makes everyday moments sound more meaningful - Word
Parades' lead single 'Mirador' has racked up well over one million views!
A brand-new British record label, 40 years in the making, introducing fans of psychedelic / jazz / folk / funk / avant-garde and whacked-out movie musak to a lost world of undiscovered vinyl artifacts from the annals of alternative pop history.
Volume four is compiled by Gruff Rhys and features an exclusive track by S.P. Balasubramaniyam / K.S. Chitra / Ilaiyaraaja taken from forthcoming K.S. Chitra EP.