Date/Time
Date(s) - 14/11/2014
7:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Location
Galeri 3B
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Golden Fable are celebrating the launch of their new album, ‘Ancient Blue’, an impassioned and intimate follow up to 2012 debut ‘Star Map’.
Golden Fable are Rebecca Palin, Tim McIver and Jack McCarthy. Together they create music described by The Line Of Best Fit as “nothing short of inspirational”.
Hailing from the foothills of mountainous north Wales, Golden Fable compose their music within its abundant, richly varied landscape. Pairing these organic influences with modern instrumentation, debut album ‘Star Map’, released in 2012, was constructed from electronic beats, synths and processed effects alongside guitars, pianos and strings, resulting in “an incredibly gorgeous dream pop collection” (In Your Speakers).
Throughout ‘Ancient Blue’, Golden Fable move effortlessly between the heart-wrenching stillness of Low or Dead Can Dance, and the textured, melodic electronica of The Album Leaf or M83. On opener ‘Southern Climes’, Rebecca’s voice immediately enters the consciousness, floating above chiming picked guitar lines and percussive punctuation, it is reminiscent of Liz Fraser. Second track ‘Breathe In’ comes in at the opposite end of Golden Fable’s spectrum, utilising synths, electronic drums and a much fuller guitar sound to create a buoyant, boisterous mood which continues in ‘Armour’. ‘Under Your Wing’ begins with spectacular exposed vocals before the subtlest instrumentation swells up underneath, carrying the track with it as it builds, while ‘Lifeline’ is underpinned throughout with heartbeat-style percussion.
‘Fight the Echo’, the album’s centerpiece, layers Rebecca’s voice over itself in breathtaking harmonies before the instrumentation bursts into life, taking the song to euphoric, climactic heights. ‘The Deep’ begins as a stripped-back, barely-there track before exploding into fuzzy guitars, orchestral drumming and woven vocal lines, while ‘Timeline of Old’ evokes the idea that when in the wilderness we structure our entire day according to the light of the sun. ‘Avalanche’ grabs attention immediately with a picked guitar motif cutting through expansive strings, which ebb away under Rebecca’s vocals before returning to create a wonderfully full-sounding chorus which will stay with you long after the album is over.
Title track ‘Ancient Blue’ pairs Rebecca’s vocals with sparse piano chords; an arresting combination augmented with processed drums, synths and harp-like guitar runs. Closer ‘Warm Sun’ develops gradually from a mesmerising combination of piano and electronics, slowly swelling in size to incorporate sustained guitar lines, drones and finally vocals, before one by one dropping out to close the album with a single acoustic guitar and the poignant lyric “The warm sun will always bring back my thirst for life”.
Golden Fable’s original and haunting sound has entranced crowds at End of the Road, Green Man and SWN festivals, and the band have toured nationally with Field Music, Cherry Ghost and Wave Machines.
On Friday 14th November the group perform at the launch of ‘Today is the Deed’, the final exhibition of the year for THIS Project at Galeri 3B, featuring new work from Marja Bonada, Jo Marsh, Omar Botoctoy and Ciaran Gogarty. Plus support from Half Avian and Pamela Wyn Shannon with Sian Meirion, tickets are £4.
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