The April Maze - Sleeping Storm (2015) MP3@320kbps Beolab1700
The April Maze - Sleeping Storm
Artist...............: The April Maze
Album................: Sleeping Storm
Genre................: Folk
Source...............: CD
Year.................: 2015
Ripper...............: EAC (Secure mode) / LAME 3.92 & Asus CD-S520
Codec................: LAME 3.99
Version..............: MPEG 1 Layer III
Quality..............: Insane, (avg. bitrate: 320kbps)
Channels.............: Joint Stereo / 44100 hz
Tags.................: ID3 v1.1, ID3 v2.3
Information..........:
Posted by............: Beolab1700 on 08/02/2015
Tracklisting
1. The April Maze - Leave It in the Ground [05:14]
2. The April Maze - The Bishop Who Ate His Boots [03:57]
3. The April Maze - It's Been a Long Time Between Beers [04:02]
4. The April Maze - Sparks [03:31]
5. The April Maze - Don't Let the Bastards Bring You Down [02:49]
6. The April Maze - Fantasy [02:46]
7. The April Maze - Sleeping Storm [03:07]
8. The April Maze - Homeland [04:04]
9. The April Maze - Scout Hall [04:11]
10. The April Maze - I've Seen the Rain [03:51]
11. The April Maze - Inside Out [02:46]
12. The April Maze - So Many Songs [02:48]
13. The April Maze - Fire [04:53]
Playing Time.........: 48:06
Total Size...........: 111.17 MB
Indie duo The April Maze launch 2015 with their highly anticipated new studio album Sleeping Storm.
Steeped in their signature haunting harmonies, masterful cello/vocal hybrid and vintage 60s/70s vibe, Sleeping Storm is an album for the lost, the disenfranchised, and the lovelorn. Whilst still firmly grounded in their folk roots, this new offering moves toward a more prog folk- rock sound, bent in the spirit of Mumford and Sons with a dreamy darkness akin to Fleet Foxes and First Aid Kit.
The album opens with the hushed Sleeping Storm where banjo, cello and Sivan Agamâ™s honeyed vocals rise, fall and intertwine, followed by the lyrical melancholy of Iâ™ve Seen the Rain, dedicated to the sudden death of a friend at sea and Scout Hall, which narrates the origins of the duoâ™s hearts-on-their-sleeve love that they are so adored for. Anthemic folk-rock stomps punch through with Donâ™t Let the Bastards Bring You Down (about bullying), anti-coal-seam gas protest song Leave it in the Ground and The Bishop Who Ate His Boots (a quirky true story about Toddâ™s great-grandfather).
The April Maze are duo Todd Mayhew and Sivan Agam who formed 7 years ago in Melbourne and leapt into the spotlight in 2012 when their second album, an intimate stripped-back covers album Two went global. Capturing over 70,000 plays in the first week of release, Two featured in the top 100 favourite new releases of the worldâ™s biggest music streaming service Spotify alongside Lana Del Ray & Birdy.
Now fresh off winning the hearts of the British with rave reviews, national airplay, sell out shows and securing London management, The April Maze are taking their music to the next level. With Agamâ™s soul-folk vocals likened to Cass Elliott accompanied by her ‘growling celloâ™ combined with Mayhewâ™s impassioned vocals and spirited banjo and guitar playing, their music glows with the streets of 70s San Francisco.
Sleeping Storm was produced by Tim Carr (Matt Corby, Gurrumul, Mark Ronson, JayZ, Flea) at 301 Studios Sydney and was crowd funded by dedicated fans of the duo. The April Mazeâ™s essence is best caught live – their warm, intimate show will have you firmly addicted. With spectral dustbowl blues, vengeful hoedowns and pared back swoon songs The April Mazeâ™s sound is for all-weather – to curl up with on rainy days, to hold fast to in inclement weather, or to dance to in a sun-soaked summer.