{"product_id":"moses-sumney-grae-black-white-and-grey-marbled-plus-booklets-us-2-lp-vinyl-record-double-jag348lp-c3-872483","title":"Moses Sumney Grae - Black \/ White \u0026 Grey Marbled + Booklets US 2-LP vinyl set","description":"MOSES SUMNEY Grae (2020 US limited edition 20-track  double album 2-LP pressed on 180-Gram \u003cb\u003eBlack,  White\u003c\/b\u003e \u0026amp; \u003cfont color=\"#708090\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eGrey Marbled  Vinyl\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e - 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 \u003cb\u003eDaniel Lopatin [Oneohtrix Point  Never], Thundercat, Jill Scott, James Blake and more\u003c\/b\u003e.  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)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px; font-stretch: 100%; color: #999; font-weight: 700;\"\u003eTRACKLISTING AND EXTRA INFORMATION\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart 1\t\u003cbr\u003eA1. Insula 0:47\u003cbr\u003eA2. Cut Me 4:10\u003cbr\u003eA3. In Bloom 3:03\u003cbr\u003eA4. Virile 4:16\u003cbr\u003eA5. Conveyor 3:24\u003cbr\u003eA6. Boxes 1:22\u003cbr\u003eA7. Gagarin 5:55\u003cbr\u003eB8. Jill \/ Jack 1:33\u003cbr\u003eB9. Colouour 3:08\u003cbr\u003eB10. Also Also Also And And And 1:32\u003cbr\u003eB11. Neither \/ Nor 5:27\u003cbr\u003eB12. Polly 3:38\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart 2\t\u003cbr\u003eC13. Two Dogs 3:38\u003cbr\u003eC14. Bystanders 4:14\u003cbr\u003eC15. Me In 20 Years 3:41\u003cbr\u003eC16. Keeps Me Alive 2:56\u003cbr\u003eC17. Lucky Me 4:57\u003cbr\u003eD18. And So I Come To Isolation 0:49\u003cbr\u003eD19. Bless Me 5:00\u003cbr\u003eD20. Before You Go 2:063\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMoses 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere’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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003ca href=\"\/it\/collections\/moses-sumney\" title=\"Click to see complete listing of Moses Sumney\"\u003eMoses Sumney\u003c\/a\u003e (click link for complete listing)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTitle\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003ca href=\"\/it\/pages\/search-results-page?q=Moses+Sumney+Grae\" title=\"Click to see more products with the title Grae\"\u003e Grae\u003c\/a\u003e (click link for more of the same title)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYear of Release\u003c\/strong\u003e - 2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOriginal Year of Release\u003c\/strong\u003e - 2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e - 2-LP vinyl record set (Double LP Album)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRecord Label\u003c\/strong\u003e - Jagjaguwar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCatalogue No\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003ca href=\"\/it\/pages\/search-results-page?q=JAG348LP-C3\" title=\"Click to see more products with the catalogue number JAG348LP-C3\"\u003eJAG348LP-C3\u003c\/a\u003e (click link for more)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCountry of Origin\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003ca href=\"\/it\/collections\/us-imports\" title=\"Click to see more items from United States (USA)\"\u003eUnited States (USA)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e - Regardless of country of origin all tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAdditional info\u003c\/strong\u003e - Deleted\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBarcode\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003ca href=\"\/it\/pages\/search-results-page?q=656605234816\" title=\"Click to see more items with the barcode 656605234816\"\u003e656605234816\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition\u003c\/strong\u003e - This item is in Excellent condition or better (unless it says otherwise in the above description). 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