The Soundcarriers - Celeste

There's something intangible about Celeste, the Soundcarriers’ second album, originally released in 2010. It has a light, lucid quality, almost like driving exhausted through a strange city at night. Freeflowing yet tethered, dreamy yet attacking, the band continue the fight to reconcile competing impulses. Various threads just about keep the shimmering tapestry from tearing. Haunting folk melodies underpinned by rhythmic static and the physicality of the totally analogue recording and mixing, baroque keyboard counterpoints and sweeping arrangements.

Tracks
Side A 1. Last Broadcast 2. Step Outside 3. Morning Haze 4. Broken Sleep

Side B 1. Long Highway 2. Rolling On 3. There Only Once 4. Out of Place

Side C 1. Signals 2. Rise and Fall 3. Hideaway 4. Celeste

Side D 1. Long Highway (Inst.) 2. Out of Place (Inst.) 3. There Only Once (Inst.) 4. Last Broadcast (Alt. mix) 5. Celeste (Alt.mix)