- Category: Music » Rock & Pop » General Rock & Pop
- Format: Vinyl Learn more about the Vinyl format using Tower WIKI.
- Release Date: June 13, 2006
- Label: Tomlab
- UPC: 789397786925
- WAPI (Tower ID): 105877423
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- Tower.com Sales Rank: #15825 in Music (See Top 100 Music Bestsellers)
- #5988 in Rock & Pop (See Top 100 Rock & Pop Bestsellers)
- #3685 in General Rock & Pop (See Top 100 General Rock & Pop Bestsellers)
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Product Description
Run a Quick Search on "He Poos Clouds" by Owen Pallett to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "He Poos Clouds"Browse more products related to "Owen Pallett"ReviewSpin (p.84) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Pallett leads a chamber ensemble with his passionately squeaky voice on ten gorgeously strange songs. It's high drama for basement spell-casters everywhere." Title NoteOwen Pallett, the man behind the curtain of Toronto's aptly named Final Fantasy, describes He Poos Clouds as "an eight-song cycle about the eight schools of magic in Dungeons & Dragons." Deception (when used correctly) is one of the oldest and truest art forms, and Pallett should get an award for not producing either a wimpy and ironic whine-fest that utilizes childhood fantasies to dispel adult social anxieties or a sardonic lo-fi power metal record that pays "tribute" to the sword-wielding epics of Iron Maiden and Dio. Instead, the one-man classically trained Canadian string section -- think Andrew Bird and Patrick Wolf -- has created a gem of a baroque pop record that manages to appeal to both the bespectacled hipster and the disgruntled orchestra student. Employing a measured croon caught somewhere between Scott Walker and Louis Philippe with a soft Donovan-esque vibrato, Pallett assumes the position of narrator on the opening track, an ornate snapshot of youthful longing that manages to balance lyrics like "she has a heart that will never melt" and "but the quarry don't share his taste for Anne McCaffery" with equal parts heartbreak and bravado -- he shares more than a little in common, both musically and lyrically, with the Divine Comedy's Neil Hannon. Alternately dissonant and willfully melodic, each track that follows carries with it the possibility of either a crushing sigh of defeat ("I'm Afraid of Japan") or a violent outburst of passion (the one-two punch of the lilting and rhythmic "Song Song Song" and ultra-dramatic/dynamic "Many Lives 49 MP"), making He Pools Clouds far more dangerous than it is cloying and pretentious, despite all of its intentions otherwise. ~ James Christopher Monger If You Enjoy "He Poos Clouds (Vinyl)", May We Also Recommend:Customer Reviews for "He Poos Clouds (Vinyl)" by Owen Pallett (Artist)There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review! Explore More Great Tower Sales & Specials
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