‎How to Color a Thousand Mistakes

アメリカ人アーティストBenoit PioulardとRafael Anton Irisarriによるポップ・プロジェクトOrcasが約10年間の活動休止を経て3rdアルバムをMorr Musicよりリリース!前作の発表以来、シアトルからニューヨークへの移住、別居と離婚、病気、入院、そして、両親や友人の死など、大きな人生の変化を経験し、これらの苦難から彼らは自分たちの生活を再構築するためのインスピレーションを集めて制作された本作。UKのプロデューサーJames Brown (Arctic Monkeys、Kevin Shield))を迎え、ブリティッシュ・ニューウェーブやドリーム・ポップなどさまざまなジャンルを融合させた素晴らしいプロダクションのアートロックを生み出しています。Simon Scottがドラムでゲスト参加!

When a band reunites after a lengthy hiatus, its usually a compliment to say that it sounds like they havent aged a day. In Orcas case, however, it does feel like a significant amount of time has passed since Benoit Pioulard and Rafael Anton Irisarri last teamed up -- but in the best possible way. In the ten years after the duos 2014 album Yearling, Irisarri and Pioulard gained experiences -- in life as well as music -- that make How to Color a Thousand Mistakes some of their most fully realized work together or on their own. Orcas embrace the wisdom and fresh starts that the passing of time can offer with songs that are notably more direct and emphatic than anything theyve done in the past. On the standout "Riptide," Pioulard muses, "disarray gives way to fluency" as he navigates the songs stormy guitars and gliding keyboards. The timing of Orcas reunion also fits in perfectly with the dream pop and shoegaze renaissance that kicked into high gear around the time the duo put the project on pause. How to Color a Thousand Mistakes emphasizes their genre bona fides, starting with the musicians Pioulard and Irisarri recruited to add sonic ballast to the album. Chief among them is Slowdive drummer Simon Scott, who co-wrote the stargazing ballad "Next Life" and, aided by Mono drummer Dahm Majuri Cipolla, gives the shimmering interplay of "Bruise" a mesmerizing backbone. Here and across the album, Orcas are able to float but also make the ground shake; the guitar eruptions that threaten to split "Wrong Way to Fall" in two are wonderfully, unexpectedly heavy. The rest of How to Color a Thousand Mistakes offers quite a few surprises, like the bright new wave chime of "Swells" and "Fare"s Durutti Column-like flow. Amidst all this change, Irisarris attention to sonic detail and Pioulards graceful vocals and poetic lyrics are still the foundations of Orcas music. Both shine brightly on How to Color a Thousand Mistakes, making it a welcome return for longtime fans and a prime introduction for anyone who missed them the first time around. ~ Heather Phares