With a spirit of desire and movement more present then ever in this, Patrick's fourth chapter, here is an offering of immense maturity and spirit, gracefully exploring the everlasting growing pains of a commensurate artist and brilliant soul.
With a spirit of desire and movement more present then ever in this, Patrick's fourth chapter, here is an offering of immense maturity and spirit, gracefully exploring the everlasting growing pains of a commensurate artist and brilliant soul. Both Subtle and hard hitting, once again this album is a progression in Patrick's musical journey. Like the rest of Patrick's back catalogue, the album is incredibly emotive and cathartic. Indeed it seems to me the feel of this album can change depending on the mood of the listener. On one had it takes hard experiences and lays them bare and clear and grating, and on the other, it shows the need for them to make us move forward, work harder, see the light set against the darkness.
' Give me hard times, I'll work harder, harder For revolution'
In this album Patrick has gone even further in clashing and melding more traditional sounds (particularly prevalent in tracks like 'thickets' and 'theseus' which carry a real celtic spirit in them) with fast paced and sometimes cutting processed sound (shown in 'count of casualty' and 'oblivion') This Celtic lilt is certainly the way forward, a greatly mature and modern progression i love the classical style of folk story telling in songs like 'Damaris'. The equivalency of fast paced songs to ballads is just right.
Highly recommended!
Patrick Wolf ‎– The Bachelor
Label: Bloody Chamber Music ‎– BCM 2LP Format: 2 × Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Gatefold Country: UK Released: 2009 Genre: Electronic, Rock, Pop Style: Alternative Rock
Tracklist A1 Kriegspiel A2 Hard Times A3 Oblivion A4 The Bachelor
B1 Damaris B2 Thickets B3 Count Of Casualty
C1 Who Will? C2 Vulture C3 Blackdown C4 The Sun Is Often Out
D1 Theseus D2 Battle D3 The Messenger
Credits Alto Clarinet – Derek Apps (tracks: 14) Artwork – Nick Thornton Jones, Warren Du Preez Balalaika – Patrick Wolf (tracks: 2, 12) Bass – Alec Empire (tracks: 13) Bass Clarinet – Derek Apps (tracks: 6, 14) Bass Guitar – Nick Haward (tracks: 3) Cello – Tim Wells (tracks: 2, 3, 7) Cello [Twelve Piece Strings] – Helen Rathbone (tracks: 1, 5, 11, 12), Ivan Hussey (tracks: 1, 5, 11, 12), Vicky Matthews (tracks: 1, 5, 11, 12) Choir [Gospel Choir] – Aaron Sokell (tracks: 2, 7, 8, 11), Amy Stead (tracks: 2, 7, 8, 11), Chinique Blackwood (tracks: 2, 7, 8, 11), Jenny LaTouche (tracks: 2, 7, 8, 11), Patsy McKay (tracks: 2, 7, 8, 11), Waleed Isaacs (tracks: 2, 7, 8, 11) Co-producer – Alec Empire (tracks: 9, 13), Jonathan Shakhovskoy (tracks: 1 to 7, 10 to 12, 14), Matthew Herbert (tracks: 8) Conductor [Gospel Choir] – Patrick Wolf (tracks: 2, 7, 8, 11), Patsy McKay (tracks: 2, 7, 8, 11) Conductor [Twelve Piece Strings] – Fiona Brice (tracks: 1, 5, 11, 12) Double Bass – Nick Haward (tracks: 6, 10, 12, 14) Drums – Marcello Vig Dulcimer [Appalachian Mountain Dulcimer] – Patrick Wolf (tracks: 12) Electronics – Alec Empire (tracks: 9, 13), Patrick Wolf (tracks: 2, 3, 5, 14) Engineer – Al Lawson, Catherin Marks, Dave Emery, Jonathan Krisp, Jonathan Shakhovskoy, Ken Thomas, Mark Allaway Fiddle – Eliza Carthy (tracks: 4, 5, 10) Glass Harmonica – Thomas Bloch (tracks: 14) Grand Piano – Patrick Wolf (tracks: 4, 10) Guitar – Alec Empire (tracks: 13), Thomas White (2) (tracks: 2) Harmonium – Patrick Wolf (tracks: 14) Harmonium [Farsifa Harmonium] – Patrick Wolf (tracks: 6) Instruments [Cristal Baschet] – Thomas Bloch (tracks: 7) Lead Guitar – Thomas White (tracks: 3) Mixed By – Jonathan Shakhovskoy, Patrick Wolf Narrator – Tilda Swinton (tracks: 3, 6, 12) Ondes Martenot – Thomas Bloch (tracks: 1, 2, 7) Organ [Church Organ] – Patrick Wolf (tracks: 5, 8, 10, 14) Photography By – Nick Thornton Jones, Warren Du Preez Piano – Patrick Wolf (tracks: 6) Producer – Patrick Wolf Programmed By – Alec Empire (tracks: 9, 13), Jonathan Shakhovskoy (tracks: 3), Matthew Herbert (tracks: 8), Patrick Wolf (tracks: 2 to 4, 13, 14) Programmed By [Atari St] – Patrick Wolf (tracks: 7) Programmed By [Kantale] – Patrick Wolf (tracks: 7) Saw – David Coulter (tracks: 2, 7) Sitar – Bishi (tracks: 12) Sounds [Circuit Bent Mobile Phone] – Patrick Wolf (tracks: 12) Spoons – Imelda Apps (tracks: 10) Strings [String Arrangements] – Fiona Brice, Patrick Wolf Synthesizer – Matthew Herbert (tracks: 8) Synthesizer [Moog Opus 3] – Patrick Wolf (tracks: 1, 3, 4) Synthesizer [Synthesis] – Alec Empire (tracks: 9) Ukulele [Baritone Ukulele] – Patrick Wolf (tracks: 2, 6) Viola – Patrick Wolf (tracks: 3) Viola [Peregrine Solo Viola] – Patrick Wolf (tracks: 11) Viola [Twelve Piece Strings] – Emma Owens (tracks: 1, 5, 11, 12), Fiona Leggat (tracks: 1, 5, 11, 12), Lucy Morgan (tracks: 1, 5, 11, 12) Violin – Victoria Sutherland (tracks: 2, 3, 7, 8) Violin [Twelve Piece Strings] – Debs White (tracks: 1, 5, 11, 12), Gillon Cameron (tracks: 1, 5, 11, 12), Louisa Aldridge (tracks: 1, 5, 11, 12), Sarah Button (tracks: 1, 5, 11, 12), Stephen Hussey (tracks: 1, 5, 11, 12), Victoria Sutherland (tracks: 1, 5, 11, 12) Vocals – Eliza Carthy (tracks: 4), Patrick Wolf (tracks: 2 to 14) Vocals [Soprano Choral Vocals] – Jo Apps (tracks: 6, 14) Vocals [Tribe Vocals] – Alice Davies, Edward Larrikin, Eliza Carthy, Patrick Wolf, Victoria Sutherland, William Pollock Whistle [Irish Whistle] – Rose Marie (tracks: 5, 6, 10) Written-By – Alec Empire (tracks: 9, 13), Patrick Wolf
Notes The album was recorded between 2008-2009 at the following studios: Parkgate Studios (Battle, Hastings); Olympic Studios (Barnes, London), The Hellish Vortex (Prenzlauberg, Berlin) Studio de La Reine (Paris), Assault and Battery Studios (London), The Dairy (Brixton, London), Bankside Lofts (SE1, London), Ken Thomas’s House (Arford), and The Fritzl Dungeon (Curtain Road, London). Church Organ recorded on location at St. George’s Church, Brede, Sussex. Mixed at Chairworks Studios, Castleford; Music Box, London, and The Yard, London, and was mastered at Abbey Road by Geoff Pesche. The Bachelor song lyrics are adapted from a traditional Appalachian poem entitled 'The Turtle Dove'. ℗ & © Bloodychambermusic/Battlecoltd 2009 Published by Chrysalis Music 2009 Except "Vulture" & "Battle Published by Chrysalis Music/Digital Hardcore Music 2009 under exclusive license to Nylon Records

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