The Shadow Ring

Name: The Shadow Ring – Life Review (1993-2003)
Brand: Kye
SKU: KYE 03
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Life Review (1993-2003)

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The Shadow Ring formed in the seaside town of Folkestone, England in 1993. Over the course of a decade, and through eight LPs, Graham Lambkin, Darren Harris and later Tim Goss scraped out a unique musical pathway for themselves, armed with only the barest of tools. With each release the Shadow Ring presented themselves as a group in constant flux. Naive acoustic improvisations, dour bedroom sci-fi epics, cryptic D.I.Y. theatre and glacial electronic soundscapes all became fair game in their hands. The group recorded for some of the premier underground labels of the era: Siltbreeze, Corpus Hermeticum, Swill Radio and their own Dry Leaf Discs were all at one time or another called home. The Shadow Ring were also champions of the absurd -- never playing live in their home country, they instead performed 23 shows across the US between 1995-97. The life of the Shadow Ring finally came to pass on the banks of the Hudson River in 2003. Life Review offers a celebration of the Shadow Ring's oeuvre -- from the green chaos of 1993's Don't Open The Window 7" on through to the austerity of 2003's I'm Some Songs LP. Featuring material from each of their albums: City Lights, Put The Music In Its Coffin, Wax-Work Echoes, Live In U.S.A., Hold Onto I.D., Lighthouse, Lindus and I'm Some Songs, alongside 7" A and B sides, comp appearances, and a clutch of previously unreleased live and 'studio' work, Life Review is an anthology that will serve both the aged fan, and the curious newcomer. Expertly mastered by long-time enthusiast Bhob Rainey, Life Review flushes out the rich sonic detail of the Shadow Ring's music like never before. Housed in a deluxe six-panel digipak, with an accompanying 16 page color booklet of photos, flyers, sleeve art etc, Life Review also offers an untainted visual history of the group. With 34 tracks -- personally chosen by Graham Lambkin, and a running time of 154 minutes, Life Review offers the perfect chance to say a final farewell. One more time.

Details

Cat. number: KYE 03

Year: 2010

Release notes

1-2, 1-3, 2-3, 2-5 and 2-16 are previously unreleased. "Stella Drive" is based on "Interstellar Overdrive" by Pink Floyd. 1-17 recorded at T.T. The Bears, Cambridge, MA 06/??/96 2-3 recorded at O'Brians, Boston, MA 09/27/97 2-5 recorded at The Beehive, Pittsburgh, PA 09/1697

Tracklist

1-1	Don't Open The Window	4:14
1-2	The Iron Ark	4:31
1-3	Computer Forms	4:07
1-4	Tiny Creatures	4:29
1-5	City Lights	3:32
1-6	Cape Of Seaweed	4:43
1-7	Here Come The Candles	3:45
1-8	Harlequin (Darkest Part Of The Sky)	3:47
1-9	Put The Music In Its Coffin	3:09
1-10	Nocturnal Middle Rumbles	3:14
1-11	Horse Meat Cakes	6:04
1-12	Gloved Up	3:00
1-13	Wallet Of Wasps	5:03
1-14	Apricot Rat	2:47
1-15	Some Of Us	5:42
1-16	You're Holding All Your Feathered Stock	6:51
1-17	Rats & Mice Live	8:51
2-1	Mouth On Mouse>Mouse In Mouth	9:26
2-2	Prawnography	4:50
2-3	Stella Drive Live	5:18
2-4	Wash What You Eat	5:20
2-5	Hold Onto I.D. Live	6:09
2-6	The Way Of The World	4:56
2-7	Mindart	2:00
2-8	I Am Lloyd Lyson	3:20
2-9	I Am A Lighthouse	3:25
2-10	Fish & Hog	2:55
2-11	Arthuring Tina	1:56
2-12	We're Complex Piss	6:26
2-13	Mind Blocks Crack	3:31
2-14	The Riverside	4:24
2-15	Man On The Land	5:17
2-16	Veehay	3:36
2-17	Start Repeating	3:27