Land of Talk - Cloak And Cipher - Vinyl Record
Cloak And Cipher is the second full-length from Montreal's Land of Talk, released by Saddle Creek in 2010. After touring North America with Broken Social Scene, singer, guitarist and songwriter Elizabeth Powell channelled the force of those live shows into a more complex, textured set of songs, recorded at Breakglass Studio with producer Jace Lasek of The Besnard Lakes.
Powell is joined by Eoin O Laoghaire on bass and Andrew Barr on drums, plus a cast of guests from the Montreal scene and beyond, including Patrick Watson and members of Stars, Silver Mt. Zion, Wintersleep, The Besnard Lakes, Arcade Fire and Esmerine. "Swift Coin" roars into a joyous guitar anthem, "Hamburg, Noon" swings between acrobatic vocals and rumbling guitars, and "The Hate I Won't Commit" features a piano solo from Watson. "Quarry Hymns", driven by Arcade Fire's Jeremy Gara on drums, may be the sweetest and saddest Land of Talk song of all, while "Better And Closer" closes things on a dreamy, ethereal note.
A rich, rewarding listen for fans of Canadian indie rock.
Side A
1. Cloak And Cipher
2. Goaltime Exposure
3. Quarry Hymns
4. Swift Coin
5. Color Me Badd
Side B
1. The Hate I Won't Commit
2. Hamburg, Noon
3. Blangee Blee
4. Playita
5. Better And Closer
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Land of Talk - Cloak And Cipher - Vinyl Record
