THE SUNDOWNERS Singing Death Chants to the Stars 7 inch 1996

 

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'The Sundowners' was an open band project for the members of Drag City rooster, and more specifically the Sea Note sub label one. The 1st 7" (Goat Songs) was a collaboration among Will Oldham (Palace Brothers back then) and Smog (Bill Callahan).
The 2nd episode was basically Smog doing his thing while the 3rd 7" is rumoured to be the work of Rachel Brook's post-Flying Saucer Attack project Movietone.  

Tracklist

A		Singing Death Chants To The Stars
B		Sliding Past Saturn

 

CRESCENT Electronic Sound Constructions 1997

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Artist Biography by Ned Raggett

Emerging as part of the loosely defined but still heavily intertwined post-rock scene of Bristol, England, Crescent had links to just about every other group of note in that particular array of bands. Vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Matt Jones played bass on a number of releases for Amp, as well as appearing in Movietone. Bassist Kate Wright also played in Movietone, handling guitars and vocals there, while Jones' guitar-playing brother Sam participated in Flying Saucer Attack at times. Besides the more drone-focused aspects or shadowy minimalism of those groups, Crescent also embraced brawling full-bodied rock tinged with murky lo-fi production for a more visceral experience. First coming to attention with their debut singles "Lost" and "Sun" on the Planet Punk label, the quartet garnered stateside notice in the mid-'90s with an expanded EP, featuring "Sun," and the full Now album on Atavistic. A follow-up album, Electronic Sound Constructions, was actually a solo effort by Matt Jones, while the band itself wasn't heard from again on disc until the Collected Songs compilation unexpectedly emerged in 1999. After making a move to Fatcat Records, the group put out By the Roads and the Fields in 2003, and then released Little Waves in July 2007. Crescent then went on an extended hiatus, during which Frànçois Marry (who had joined the group for Little Waves) concentrated on her band Frànçois and the Atlas Mountains. Crescent returned in 2017 with Resin Pockets, released by Domino sublabel Geographic. 

 

Tracklist

1	Desert Rose	6:31
2	Abstract Forms	5:48
3	Oca Ola	1:42
4	There Is No Matter	6:23
5	Heat Haze (Modern Man Is Growing Rich In The Desert)	4:00
6	Quince Flower	5:05
7	Sombra	5:28
8	Philicorda Loops (Excerpt)	15:18

 

MOVIETONE self titled 1995

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1	Chance Is Her Opera	4:53
2	Heatwave Pavement	3:47
3	Green Ray	1:53
4	Orange Zero	4:53
5	Late July	3:35
6	Darkness-Blue Glow	5:15
7	Mono Valley	5:05
8	Coastal Lagoon	2:03
9	Alkaline Eye	5:15
10	3AM Walking Smoking Talking	3:37
11	Three Fires	1:04

MOVIETONE Day and Night 1997

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Artist Biography by Stacia Proefrock

Formed in Bristol, England in 1994, Movietone displayed its quiet, sensual songs on a number of releases in the mid '90s for the Planet, Domino, and Drag City labels. Band members Florence Lovegrove, Matt Elliott, Rachel Brook, Kate Wright, and Matt Jones issued two 7"s with Planet before their self-titled full-length debut came out in 1996 -- two more 7's would follow before their Drag City debut, Day and Night, in 1997. The band then went on a three-year hiatus before producing their next full-length, The Blossom Filled Streets, in the summer of 2000. Like their previous releases, The Blossom Filled Streets is gentle and complex, with a light touch that shows how much the band has grown. 

Tracklist

1	Sun Drawing	3:57
2	Blank Like Snow	2:40
3	Useless Landscape	5:01
4	Summer	7:14
5	Night Of The Acacias	5:45
6	Noche Marina	4:47
7	The Crystallisation Of Salt At Night	9:47

THE SUNDOWNERS The Girl with the Thing in Her Hair 1996

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The Sundowners' was an open band project for the members of Drag City rooster, and more specifically the Sea Note sub label one. The 1st 7" (Goat Songs) was a collaboration among Will Oldham (Palace Brothers back then) and Smog (Bill Callahan).
The 2nd episode was basically Smog doing his thing while the 3rd 7" is rumoured to be the work of Rachel Brook's post-Flying Saucer Attack project Movietone.  

 

Tracklist

A		The Girl With The Thing In Her Hair
B		The Summer Song