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Elvis Perkins is the son of film star Anthony Perkins, who passed away from AIDS-related complications, and photographer Berry Berenson, who died in the September 11th attacks. If tragedy begets great art, Elvis Perkins certainly has plenty of real-life material for his tales of heartbreak and sorrow. On his first album, ASH WEDNESDAY, Perkins crafts brooding, reflective songs that manage to be heartrendingly sad yet still hopeful. Relying on softly strummed guitar chords over simple, understated arrangements, the music lends support to Perkins's earnest, fragile voice--a soft whisper that boils in intensity to a crackling falsetto. Coupled with surprisingly lush orchestral arrangements that move the album past folk towards flowery pop, ASH WEDNESDAY is a stunning debut from a rising young star.
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Arranger: Ethan Gold.
Personnel: Elvis Perkins (vocals, guitar, piano); Elvis Perkins; Ethan Gold (vocals, harmonium, vibraphone, glockenspiel, double bass, drums, shaker, tambourine, timpani); Shana Levy, Ariana Lenarsky, Becky Stark (vocals); Paul Chesne (guitar); Levi Person (bottleneck guitar); William Hood (banjo); Antoine Silverman (violin, fiddle); Antoine Silverman (fiddle); Peggy Baldwin (cello); Tim Chokan, Johnny Burks (trumpet); Justin Meyerowitz (trombone); Larry Rott (harmonium, double bass); Mitchell Robe (organ, Moog synthesizer); Gary Mallaber (drums, drum); Nicholas Kinsey, Osgood Perkins (drums); Michael Seifert (bongos); Brigham Brough (double bass); Janeen Rae Heller.
Audio Mixers: Ethan Gold; David Alhert.
Rolling Stone (p.82) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "'While You Were Sleeping' has a trancelike feel and chilling lyrics....'May Day!' sounds like a lost Neutral Milk Hotel hoedown."
Spin (p.86) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t takes a melancholic turn midway through, a the title and penultimate tracks swell with velvety strings, elegizing a tragic skyline."
Entertainment Weekly (p.67) - "His lilting compositions possess a lyrical grace that recalls Elliott Smith, or even Dylan..." -- Grade: B+
Uncut (p.106) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Perkins conjures a rare magic, Sparse, melancholic but always human..."
No Depression (p.86) - "[F]or all the pain his voice expresses, Perkins also conveys a stoic serenity....On this impressive debut album, he really does make it hurt so good." Elvis Perkins Ash Wednesday Songs Ash Wednesday Music Review Purchase Ash Wednesday CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Black Heart Procession Spell CD (2006) Digipak
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This package includes an Enhanced bonus CD including 12 rare tracks as well as multimedia computer files.
Principally recorded at Westside Studios, London, England. Includes liner notes by Fish, Mark Kelly, Mark Wilkinson, Ian Mosley and Avil Mackintosh.
Written and conceived during a period of inner-band turmoil, Clutching at Straws would prove to be Fish's swan song, and perhaps Marillion's most unheralded masterpiece. Teaming up once again with producer Chris Kimsey, Clutching at Straws showcases some of the band's most satisfying compositions, including the magnificent "Warm Wet Circles" and "That Time of the Night (The Short Straw)." Bookended by Fish's disgust with not only himself, "Torch Song," but also with the burgeoning neo-Nazi uprising in Europe, "White Russian," the great Scot delivers an inspired condemnation. The commercial pomp and circumstance of "Incommunicado" also gives way to a self-parodying confessional inspired by Fish's inability to see himself as a bona fide rock star and celebrity ("I want to do adverts for American Express cards, talk shows on prime time T.V."). Tour opener "Slainte Mhath" is simple and elegant, building to its dramatic crescendo only to be upstaged by "Sugar Mice" -- quite simply, one of Marillion's best commercial singles ever. The album's stunning closer, "The Last Straw," is Fish's self-realization that yes, the band is not only over, but that in his mind, it's null and void ("and if you ever come across us, don't give us your sympathy"). Steve Rothery's blinding guitar solo brings the whole thing down to a crashing finish (prophetically, announcing his arrival as the band's true musical instigator on subsequent Fish-less records). ~ John Franck
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