Small Black - Limits of Desire (10 Year Anniversary Reissue) '2013

Tracks list

Small Black is celebrating ten years of their beloved record, Limits of Desire,
by releasing a deluxe 2xLP reissue of the 2013 LP. The new edition features the
full original Limits of Desire LP, out of print for a few years, along with 5
unreleased b-sides from the era and the companion Real People EP. Additionally,
the band is headed out on a US tour in October to play the record in full, along
with other favorites from the catalog.

After starting off in their Long Island attic, the band had left the Brooklyn
warehouse scene & toured the world extensively. Written, recorded, and mixed by
Small Black at their home studio in Brooklyn over the whole of 2012, Limits is a
more widescreen shot of the intimate synth-pop of Small Black’s first few
releases. “We went on a real vision quest for this LP, making double-digit
versions of some tracks, a few you’ll hear on the reissue,” adds
singer Josh Kolenik.

Limits of Desire has become the quintessential Small Black LP over the decade
since its release, accruing 100m+ streams and fueling hundreds of concert dates
across the world. The iconic cover art of a couple on a ladder above an
alligator, taken by artist Scarlet Hooft Graafland, ending up as the source
material for many fan tattoos. Bolstered by the success of singles, No Stranger
& Breathless, the LP laid out the sophistipop road map for the next decade of
the band.

The additional material for the reissue is highlighted by Collections, a song
the band had been sitting on for the decade since Limits came out. It gets at
the same suburban sadness that runs through the later LPs, referencing the
collecting mania of the 1990s, pre-Ebay. “It seemed every one of my
friends and family was finding satisfaction in "finishing the set."All of us
collected in the same fences & lawns of a community that had only really been
there for a few generations,” adds Kolenik.

Limits of Desire - 10th Anniversary Deluxe Reissue comes out on Jagjaguwar on
August 11th. Small Black hits the road on 10/13 in Pittsburgh, playing the
Limits of Desire LP in full, ending in Portland on 11/18.

Small Black is Ryan Heyner, Josh Kolenik, Juan Pieczanski, Jeff Curtin.

Tracklist:
1.01 - Small Black - Free at Dawn (4:09)
1.02 - Small Black - Canoe (3:17)
1.03 - Small Black - No Stranger (4:32)
1.04 - Small Black - Sophie (4:37)
1.05 - Small Black - Breathless (3:46)
1.06 - Small Black - Proper Spirit (4:13)
1.07 - Small Black - Only a Shadow (4:49)
1.08 - Small Black - Limits of Desire (3:55)
1.09 - Small Black - Shook Loves (4:49)
1.10 - Small Black - Outskirts (6:03)
1.11 - Small Black - Real People (4:40)
1.12 - Small Black - Lines Of Latitude (4:35)
1.13 - Small Black - Consequences (4:00)
1.14 - Small Black - Reconstruction (4:41)
1.15 - Small Black - Downtown Lights (5:39)
1.16 - Small Black - Heart of the City (4:02)
1.17 - Small Black - Collections (4:50)
1.18 - Small Black - Limits of Desire (Katie Vocal Ripper Dance Edit) (4:31)
1.19 - Small Black - No Stranger (Passion Expo Mix) (4:39)
1.20 - Small Black - Free at Dawn (Live on LI) (4:55)

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