Do You Like Rock Music? (15th Anniversary Expanded Edition)＜数量限定盤/Orange & Picture Vinyl＞

BRITISH SEA POWERによる不動の名盤『Do You Like Rock Music?』が貴重音源を追加収録した15周年記念盤としてリリース!!

〈ロックは好きかい?〉とリスナーに投げ掛ける、BRITISH SEA POWERによるマーキュリー賞にもノミネートされたアルバム『Do You Like Rock Music?』の15周年記念盤が〈Rough Trade〉より再発決定!!
今回のリイシュー盤は、ラジオ・セッションでの音源やB面曲が追加され全22曲となり、さらに英国ジャーナリストRoy Wilkinsonが新たに書き下ろした長編解説文付!
高い演奏力と創造力で世界中の音楽ファンを虜にしてきたBRITISH SEA POWERが、チェコやモントリオール、コーンウォールと世界を飛びまわり、Howard Bilerman(Arcade Fire)、Efrim Menuck(Godspeed You Black Emperor)、Graham Sutton(Jarvis Cocker)らを制作陣に迎えてレコーディングを敢行。
かつてないほど圧倒的なロックンロール絵巻が展開された、壮大かつパワフルな傑作アルバムが15年の時を経て、さらにパワーアップして再登場!

On 2005s Open Season, Sea Power traded in some of the chilly post-rock angst that fueled their 2003 debut with a more streamlined, radio-ready approach that left some listeners yearning for the lo-fi majesty of songs like Carrion and Fear of Drowning. Those tunes were still there, but they demanded repeated spins before revealing their fruits, a tactic that the stoic Cumbria, England, quartet employs again -- but with far more breathtaking results -- on its third full-length, Do You Like Rock Music? Tapping the collective talents of three producers -- Howard Bilerman (Arcade Fire), Graham Sutton (Jarvis Cocker), and Efrim Menuck (Godspeed You Black Emperor!) -- in numerous locations (Canada, Cornwall, and the Czech Republic, respectively), DYLRM should be a mess, but the band has crafted a wintry, nuanced, and bold collection of epic songs that integrate the sweeping theatricality of Arcade Fire-era indie rock without all of the insularity. This is music made for people, not a person. The sound effects, choral vocals, strings, and feedback that populate DYLRM feel organic and necessary rather than just pasted in for dramas sake. There has always been a sort of rough-hewn sepia-tone unity to Sea Power songs, and that odd, inclusive wartime fervor permeates each track, from the rousing immigration anthem Waving Flags to the rallying, Blur-inspired No Lucifer to the sister tracks All in It and Close Our Eyes that serve as the records bookends. Even the more meandering pieces like Atom and the instrumental Great Skua feel like steampunk soundtracks for polar exploration, a notion that looks weird in print but makes a whole lot of sense through a pair of headphones, a set of vintage basement speakers, or the inside of a freighter as it disappears into the bowels of the Arctic Ocean. ~ James Christopher Monger

〈ロックは好きかい?〉とリスナーに投げ掛ける、ブリティッシュ・シー・パワーのニュー・アルバム。高い演奏力と創造力で世界中の音楽ファンを虜にしてきた彼らが、チェコやモントリオール、コーンウォールといった場所に訪れてレコーディングを敢行。そうして出来上がった今作では、かつてないほど圧倒的なロックンロール絵巻が展開されている。ロックの良さを再確認させられる、壮大かつパワフルな傑作アルバムだ。　
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