It's been an exciting week at BBR - we were very proud to release The Spectator & The Act, the first full length from Edinburgh's I Build Collapsible Mountains (you may remember back in April when we released his fantastic EP).
From his bio:
I Build Collapsible Mountains is Scottish musician Luke Joyce, yet his self-produced The Spectator & The Act sounds as if it could have been made by a bravely confessional and literate lad from anywhere (say, the American Pacific NW), any place basement bards have written out their hearts and practiced hard enough on beloved instruments to please anyone’s ears. Joyce's vivid songs about sailors and deeply unrequited love were started soon after he graduated art school. “I spent four years at art school where I studied fine art photography.” Joyce has photographed many bands and artists such as Mogwai, Ian Rankin, Franz Fedinand, and RM Hubbert, and also shoots music videos and short films. “I suffer quite badly from dyslexia and find it hard to read so most of what I do is a visual media.” “TSATA” contains songs simmering and soothing such as “Burn,” “Face Of Thunder Grin,” and “The Wrong Way” -- broken in sequence by a couple of artful and blissful instrumentals, necessary for material which summons painful longing. Overall, its catharsis should be as effective for its audience as its creator.
It's hard for us to express how much we love these songs. Please take a listen, and we hope you can get as much from this record as we do.
The Spectator & The Act is available at Amazon (digital and CD) and iTunes or you can download a copy directly from BBR HERE.
Watch the great video for the first song, The Face of Thunder Grin, HERE.
Thank you for your continued support!
