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"Your New Boundaries" is the brooding debut from Cambridge, MA-basedClairvoyants, a seasoned five piece group assembled around singer/songwriter Brian Dunn. From its opening line,"That city fucked you up.." there is an undeniably compelling emotive power, understating the dark, complex shades of narrative that follow. The overall sound is somber and lulling, pensively emotional. It is as haunting as it is haunted.The songs hold slowed, echoing memory, distorted by reflection that makes the bitter appear lovely. In them, the communication of loss is given a pure form, while longing, injury and the threats of aloneness are voiced. "Your New Boundaries is a world unto itself..... It is an amazing andimportant album, and marks the arrival of a true and unique talent." - Jesse Perkins"Your New Boundaries" was produced by Colin Rhinesmith and Brian Dunn attheir studio, The Longhouse. Colin engineered and played keyboardinstruments. Joe McMahon played double bass. Steve Scully played drums. Barry Reise (who has played with the likes of Lionel Hampton and JoeLovano in the course of his long career) guests on trumpet and flugelhorn.Clairvoyants have played with Arab Strap, Thalia Zedek (Come), Songs:Ohia,Damon and Naomi, Shannon Wright, Wheat, Mark Kozelek (Red House Painters), and Azure Ray, among others. They will tour nationally following the release.Clairvoyants will be featured on Amos House 2- a collection of exclusive songs by Bright Eyes, Isobel Campbel (Belle and Sebastian), Elliot Smith and others- to be released this winter."Your New Boundaries" is a co-release from Badman Recording Co. (Mark Kozelek, Rebecca Gates, Lanterna...) and Wishing Tree Records (Delphine, Skating Club...).
Prozac-core purveyors Clairvoyants make Morphine seem like a hoe-down in comparison as bandleader/vocalist Brian Dunn languidly and nearly emotionlessly allows his pristine monotone baritone to listlessly envelope the band's mellow, dramatic, brooding elevator snore-core. Your New Boundaries rarely speaks in louder than hushed terms, which is both a strength and a detriment; the consistency is refreshing and allows for the disc to be a perfect accompaniment to activities like book-reading, but a lack of dynamics doesn't allow anything to particularly stand out, making it impossible to point to the band as a centerpiece in and of itself. ~ Brian O'Neill
Clairvoyants: Brian Dunn (vocals, guitar); Colin Rhinesmith (piano, keyboards, chamberlain, melodica); Barry Reise (trumpet, flugel horn); Joe McMahon (double bass, electric bass); Steve Scully (drums, percussion).
CMJ (4/1/2002, p.10) - "...Laconic molasses rock....[the group has a] respectful experimentation with slow music..." Your New Boundaries Music Clairvoyants Your New Boundaries Songs Your New Boundaries Review
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