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- Date Released: March 4, 2003
- Genre: Alternative/Punk
- Style: Indie Rock
- Label: Young God Records / Revolver
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Having created some of the strongest music in his life on the previous Angels of Light album, Michael Gira maintains the winning streak but explores a newer, more controlled delicacy on Everything is Good Here. It's hardly a new move for him, of course, but in ways this album, the third in the Angels of Light guise, finds his extremes of harrowing, wrenching music and performance, and a calmer, almost mystical approach, more integrated than ever before. The drama in his vocals and arrangements are more than ever implicit instead of directly blasting, to beautiful and powerful effect. "Palisades" sets this tone from the start, incorporating everything from backing choirs and dank, dark riffs to the quietest of arrangements into one cohesive performance. Other songs that hit the balance just right include "Nations," with its quiet, persistent vibes part a counterbalance to the more insistent guitars and piano, and the incredible "Sunset Park," with the words delivered as a steady mantra over a surging, slow burn performance that feels like a triumphant march. Gira's gift for ritualistic theatricality certainly hasn't left him, as even a casual listen to the increasingly frenetic "All Souls' Rising" -- keep an ear out for the almost stabbing vocal bursts -- or the even more freaked out "Rose of Los Angeles" show. On the quieter side through and through, "What You Were," with Gira's cracking vocals and piano providing the centerpiece, is the album's hidden treasure, the lyrics of loss, regret, and mystery particularly compelling. Both Gira's core backing musicians, and the many guests throughout, contribute incalculably to the end result, whether it's Larry Mullins' always excellent percussion, or David Coulter's work with everything from violin ("Kosinski") to a children's choir.
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Credits
- Martin Bisi - Engineer // David Coulter - Banjo // David Coulter - Violin // David Coulter - Drones // David Coulter - Children's Chorus // Siobhan Duffy - Vocals // Siobhan Duffy - Voices // Siobhan Duffy - Images // David Garland - Flute // David Garland - Accordion // Michael Gira - Guitar (Acoustic) // Michael Gira - Guitar (Acoustic) // Michael Gira - Harmonica // Michael Gira - Harmonica // Michael Gira - Piano // Michael Gira - Piano // Michael Gira - Guitar (Electric) // Michael Gira - Guitar (Electric) // Michael Gira - Vocals // Michael Gira - Vocals // Michael Gira - Voices // Michael Gira - Voices // Michael Gira - Various // Michael Gira - Various // Michael Gira - Producer // Michael Gira - Producer // Michael Gira - Design // Michael Gira - Design // Michael Gira - Sounds // Michael Gira - Sounds // Doug Henderson - Mastering // Joe McGinty - Piano // Joe McGinty - Keyboards // Joe McGinty - Fender Rhodes // Larry Moses - Trumpet // Larry Mullins - Synthesizer // Larry Mullins - Percussion // Larry Mullins - Drums // Larry Mullins - Vocals // Larry Mullins - Voices // Larry Mullins - Vibraphone // Larry Mullins - Farfisa Organ // Kevin O'Connor - Banjo // Steve Moses - Trombone // Angels of Light - Main Performer // Angels of Light - Main Performer // Eszter Balint - Violin // DC - Arranger // DC - Conductor // DC - Director // Christopher Hahn - Guitar (Electric) // Christopher Hahn - Lap Steel Guitar // Thor Harris - Dulcimer // Thor Harris - Percussion // Thor Harris - Piano // Thor Harris - Vocals // Thor Harris - Voices // Thor Harris - Vibraphone // Devendra Banhart - Vocals // Devendra Banhart - Voices // Jason LaFarge - Engineer // Jason LaFarge - Transfers // Jason LaFarge - Recording // Ben Kirkendoll - Layout Design
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