Rumour Cubes "Appearances of Collections"

Country: UK
Sub Genre: Post Rock, Electronica, Ambient
Format: CD, digital
Release date: August 18, 2014
Tracklist: 

1. Seven Year Glitch 05:19
2. Hiyat 06:08
3. There Is A Crack In Everything 03:47
4. A Homecoming 06:40
5. Do Not Go Gently 05:54
6. Strange Lines And Distances 07:15
7. Your House Isn't Haunted, You're Lonely 08:26
8. Research and Destroy 05:13
9. That's How The Light Gets In 04:33

Line-up: 
Joe Bartlett: Bass
Jay Malhotra: Guitar, Piano, Synthesizers, Electronics, Shakers
Hannah Morgan: Violin, Vocals, Synthesizer
Terry Murphy: Viola, Keyboard, Glockenspiel, Guitar, Bowed Banjo
Omar Rahwangi: Drums
Adam Stark: Guitar, Piano, Vocals, Synthesizers, Electronics
    With
Clare Andrews: Cornet on tracks 6, 7 and 8
Tristan Back: Cello on track 6
Daniel Bergsagel: Saxophone on tracks 6 and 8
Sam Duckworth: Vocals on track 4, 12-String Guitar on track 7
Fern Ford: Additional Drums on track 5
Arun Malhotra: Additional Guitar on track 4
Jake Meadows: Harp on track 1, Vocals on track 1
Annie Rew Shaw: Vocals on tracks 5 and 7
Freya Rhodes: Clarinet on tracks 2, 7 and 9
Simon Stark: Additional Guitar on track 4

Description/Reviews: 

In the sort of musical climate in which instrumental music like this is usually left to find some space under the umbrella of post-rock, Rumour Cubes stand out due to their dexterity, their ability to blur the lines of genre and venture into territory that other bands of this ilk wouldn't so much as acknowledge. Appearances of Collections' greatest strength is its diversity - across 9 tracks, they have opted to display as much of themselves as possible, combining things that shouldn't work together, but do (for instance, the sludgy low-end, bracing noise and soaring strings that drive 'Research and Destroy'); this willingness to take risks results in an album that makes a bigger impact with every listen, straddling the line between immediacy and 'grower' status and displaying the confidence of a band who are definitely settling into themselves.

   Read the full review by Cora O'Malley at thefourohfive.com

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