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  THRILL331CDCD  £12.00

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  THRILL331LP2 x Long Player  £18.00

Label

Thrill Jockey

John Parish

Screenplay

In the music world a soundtrack is a fickle enterprise. Is it somehow diminished if listened to on its own? Does it only serve to underscore the images on the screen? In the case of John Parish's "Screenplay" the answer to both is a resounding no. Yet "Screenplay" isn't a typical soundtrack as its material is culled from several films and sequenced to create a coherent and seamless album. Parish, a cohort and collaborator with PJ Harvey along with many other like-minded bands, has a terrific ear for mood and melody and that is a common link despite the vast ground that the album covers, from tactile electronic abstraction on "Katja Gives Birth" and the regal, string-imbued "Longfellow" to the distorted Krautrock-isms of "L'Efant D'en Haut." Splendidly recorded with a grit and humanity all its own, "Screenplay" eclipses many other formats to become a thoroughly enriching full-length.

CD version is packaged in a 4 panel mini-LP style gatefold package with a 4 page booklet.

Deluxe 2LP version includes eight tracks not on the CD version and is pressed on high quality virgin vinyl packaged in a gatefold jacket. A coupon for a free download of the music with a digital booklet is included.

Tracklist

• 1. Katharina
  2. The Girls Rehearse
  3. Katja Gives Birth
  4. The Minotaur (Pt. 2)
  5. River
  6. Katja's Death
  7. LBS/end Titles
  8. L'enfant D'en Haut
  9. Dernière Montée
  10. Girl Wurli
  11. Les Billets
  12. The Island
  13. Sara and Thomas
  14. The Spring Ritual
  15. Longfellow
  16. Longfellow Forlorn
  17. Plein Sud
  18. A Glass of Wine
  19. Sam

  Vinyl Only Tracks

  20. The Minotaur (Pt 1)
  21. Ydiducall
  22. Kiss
  23. The Farmer’s Wife (Pt 1)
  24. Katja (Piano)
  25. It’s Over, Gus
  26. Mercedes
  27. Baby’s Coming