{"product_id":"657628454410","title":"Michael Beach \"Big Black Plume\" LP (Blue Vinyl)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"col-lg-12 pt-2\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pt-2\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn his fifth LP, Big Black Plume, Melbourne-based and Californian-born musician \u003cstrong\u003eMichael Beach\u003c\/strong\u003e reveals the vitalizing power of connection in an often hostile world. Equally informed by the songwriting of Bill Fay and Peter Laughner, the minimalism of Tony Conrad and Terry Riley, and the rock and roll heart of the Goner Records roster, Big Black Plume provides deliberate compositions adorned with genuine madness. The songs on this album range from spare, textural ballads to spiraling psychedelic overtures connected to a propulsive cosmic pulse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBuilding on Beach’s network from over twenty years of touring, engineering, and production work (in Melbourne, SF, and LA), and employment in independent touring venues, Big Black Plume features contributions from a murderers’ row of talent. Produced by Beach and Gareth Liddiard (Tropical Fuck Storm), the record includes Dirty Three guitarist Mick Turner, The Necks bassist Lloyd Swanton, Tropical Fuck Storm members Gareth Liddiard and Fiona Kitschin, folk artist Leah Senior, Oren Ambarchi collaborator Joe Talia, and Comets on Fire’s Utrillo Kushner, among others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBig Black Plume was recorded over four different sessions. Phil Manley (Trans Am) engineered the album’s two hardest-rocking songs, “Poison Dart” and “Sick Century”, at El Studio in San Francisco, with Kushner on drums. A second session at Sydney’s Golden Retriever (engineered by Tim Whitten) captured the album’s improv and avant-inflected ballads, “No One Knows Any Better” and “I’m Gonna Need Ya,” creating a special resonance through the interplay of Swanton’s subtly winding acoustic bass and Talia’s abstract but propulsive drums.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeach is a masterful songwriter—he writes songs as seen from 10,000 feet, from 6 feet under—from every angle. The songs here aren’t stick-and-poke songs that will dry and fade on the skin, aimless prayers for jams; Beach has been making deliberate things for decades. Big Black Plume is a record about connections, mercurially curated, transforming individual contributions into something strikingly communal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTrack List:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e#1 The Sea\u003cbr\u003e2 Poison Dart\u003cbr\u003e3 Glimmering Beetle\u003cbr\u003e4 No One Knows Any Better\u003cbr\u003e5 Sick Century\u003cbr\u003e6 Next To You\u003cbr\u003e7 I'm Gonna Need Ya\u003cbr\u003e8 Deep Blue Eden\u003cbr\u003e9 Big Black Plume\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-lg-12 pt-2\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Revolver","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58393960546629,"sku":"657628454410","price":2.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1061\/0393\/1205\/files\/87_fae41cb8-ab1f-4350-ad18-77f13ca301e3.jpg?v=1782546956","url":"https:\/\/www.moonlitvinyl.com\/products\/657628454410","provider":"Moonlit Vinyl Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}