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Sun Stains

by Sun Stains

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Fortify Perfect (free) 03:29
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Bryopsida 04:28
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Farewell 04:55
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Honeylake 04:18
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Voyage 04:00
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Beyond 04:46

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Albuquerque, New Mexico is approximately 5000 miles as the crow flies from our England HQ, so unsurprisingly we know fairly little about Sam Roberts' Sun Stains project. For some reason we kind of like it this way, the self titled debut EP manages to be haunting whilst viscerally joyous. Take lead track 'Fortify Perfect' available for free download from our Soundcloud and Bandcamp; it mixes Grimes-like electronic pop with the fearless sensuality of late 90's Bjork. Infact much of the EP carries on in this manner with additional subtle nods to Dan Deacon and the Cocteau Twin's Elizabeth Fraser.

If there was one thing I could urge you to do today, it would be to listen to the EP in full above, or to bookmark it and come back later. To hear just one track, would be the equivalent of going to a restaurant and just ordering a bowl of carrots - silly and redundant. The EP is truely one of those releases that is meant to be listened to together, as it takes you on a hypnotic journey through themes of loss and being left behind. These themes seem to reoccur throughout whether it's in the track titles - 'Farewell', Bryopsida's haunting lyrics - ' 'wherever you are, I love you' or in the closing samples - 'someone has to stay on earth, and I volunteer'.

During the process of writing this album, one of Sam's friends passed away and although none of the songs were ever written specifically with him in mind, it felt as though throughout the writing process the whole EP was unconsciously influenced by his death.

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released September 17, 2012

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Art Is Hard Records UK

Small independent record label run by two friends, one of us works in an office and the other doesn't. The label was started by two friends influenced by the attitude and ethics of labels such as Factory, Wichita, Anticon and Dischord.

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