Moses Sumney Grae - Black / White & Grey Marbled + Booklets US 2-LP vinyl set

MOSES SUMNEY Grae (2020 US limited edition 20-track double album 2-LP pressed on 180-Gram Black, White & Grey Marbled Vinyl - Moses Sumney evades definition as an act of duty. To try to pin him downon a sound is to end up with a hand full of fog, but his genius is never allowing the set to sound like a hodgepodge. The songs on 'Grae' work to create a paradox, keeping art and artist somewhere between any one sure thing – but surely something that demands your attention affixed and your breath bated. Including the singles Virile, Polly, Me In 20 Years, Cut Me, and Bless Me, the album features contributions from a wide range of musicians, writers and producers, including Daniel Lopatin [Oneohtrix Point Never], Thundercat, Jill Scott, James Blake and more. The gatefold picture sleeve has its hype-sticker affixed to the front and comes accompanied two individual picture / credit inners, two 11" x 11" lyric booklets plus a monochrome-printed clear PVC overlay while the two vinyl discs look barely played)

TRACKLISTING AND EXTRA INFORMATION
Part 1
A1. Insula 0:47
A2. Cut Me 4:10
A3. In Bloom 3:03
A4. Virile 4:16
A5. Conveyor 3:24
A6. Boxes 1:22
A7. Gagarin 5:55
B8. Jill / Jack 1:33
B9. Colouour 3:08
B10. Also Also Also And And And 1:32
B11. Neither / Nor 5:27
B12. Polly 3:38

Part 2
C13. Two Dogs 3:38
C14. Bystanders 4:14
C15. Me In 20 Years 3:41
C16. Keeps Me Alive 2:56
C17. Lucky Me 4:57
D18. And So I Come To Isolation 0:49
D19. Bless Me 5:00
D20. Before You Go 2:063

Moses Sumney evades definition as an act of duty: technicolour videos and monochrome clothes; Art Rock and Black Classical; blowing into Fashion Week from a small town in North Carolina; seemingly infinite collaborators, but only one staggering voice. A young life spent betwixt Southern California and Accra, Ghana — not so much rootless as an epyphite, an air plant. The scale is cinematic but the moves are precise deeds of art and stewardship. Sumney's new, generous album, græ, is an assertion that the undefinable still exists and dwelling in it is an act of resistance.

To try to pin Sumney down on a sound – and really, on any matter – is to end up with a hand full of fog, but his genius is never allowing the set to sound like a hodgepodge. His forthcoming double album expands upon the sonic universe built in Sumney’s critically-acclaimed debut LP Aromanticism and subsequent EP Black In Deep Red, 2014. The songs on græ may be divergent, like the visceral, Smashing Pumpkins drama of “Virile” and the intoxicated, outro jazz of “Gagarin.” There’s the kinky, ambiguous bop of “Cut Me” countered with the sweeping, amphitheater-ready “Bless Me.” But there’s that voice, always unknowable and penetrating, threading these pieces together: a heavenly rasp, a whale call, Miles’ horn, a soulful snarl. It all works to create a paradox, keeping art and artist somewhere between any one sure thing – but surely something that demands your attention affixed and your breath bated. All of this is græ.

There’s probably a biblical analogy to be made about a person who just happens to be named Moses, who flees the binary, splits a massive body into two pieces, and leads us through the in-between – holy and wholly rebellious. By breaking up græ into two multifaceted, dynamic pieces, Sumney is quite literally creating a “grey” in-between space for listeners to absorb and consider the art. Not strictly singles, not strictly albums, never altogether songs or spoken word segments on their own. It’s neither here nor there. Neither/Nor, if you will.

Artist - Moses Sumney (click link for complete listing)
Title - Grae (click link for more of the same title)
Year of Release - 2020
Original Year of Release - 2020
Format - 2-LP vinyl record set (Double LP Album)
Record Label - Jagjaguwar
Catalogue No - JAG348LP-C3 (click link for more)
Country of Origin - United States (USA)
Language - Regardless of country of origin all tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description.
Additional info - Deleted
Barcode - 656605234816
Condition - This item is in Excellent condition or better (unless it says otherwise in the above description). We buy items as close to Mint condition as possible and many will be unplayed and as close to new as you could hope to find. Irrespective of the source, all of our collectables meet our strict grading and are 100% guaranteed. Click here for more info.
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00s Artists, Funk, Male Solo, Soul and r&b.

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