Palace Music - Arise Therefore '1996

Tracks list

Once again, Will Oldham emerges out of the murky, Midwestern haze with another
helping of lovely, low-key musings on his fourth full-length album, Arise,
Therefore, this time recorded under the name Palace Music (previously Palace
Brothers, Palace Songs, or just plain Palace). Much quieter than Viva Last Blues
and less-Appalachian in its folk spirit than Palace's earlier music, the songs
on Arise, Therefore shift and moan with breathy cracks and shivers; Oldham's
meandering, poet-speak vocals; and guitar accompanied by his brother, Ned's
bass, David Grubbs' piano, and (surprise!) a Maya Tone drum machine. The lyrics
(included for the first time) are beautiful in their stark, pale honesty as
often as they are indecipherable. "I watch things painted on public walls/Now
but I see other things as well/Behind but right f*ck in front of my spirit is
how the real road's laid out in a line," he sings on "Kid of Harith." Don't ask
for an interpretation: It will come with time, or it won't.

Personnel
David Grubbs – piano, organ
Ned Oldham – bass guitar, effected guitar, additional vocals
Will Oldham – vocals, electric guitar
Maya Tone – drums, percussion
Steve Albini – recording
John Golden – mastering
Gene Booth – artwork

Tracklist:
1.01 - Palace Music - Stablemate (3:36)
1.02 - Palace Music - A Sucker's Evening (3:01)
1.03 - Palace Music - Arise, Therefore (4:06)
1.04 - Palace Music - You Have Cum In Your Hair And Your Dick Is Hanging Out
(3:40)
1.05 - Palace Music - Kid Of Harith (4:04)
1.06 - Palace Music - The Sun Highlights The Lack In Each (5:36)
1.07 - Palace Music - No Gold Digger (4:06)
1.08 - Palace Music - Disorder (3:50)
1.09 - Palace Music - A Group Of Women (3:04)
1.10 - Palace Music - Give Me Children (3:27)
1.11 - Palace Music - The Weaker Soldier (5:29)

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