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- Date Released: February 1, 2005
- Genre: Alternative/Punk
- Style: Indie Rock
- Label: Kitty-yo / Zebralution
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Lady Sleep, the third full-length offering from German chamber pop balladeer Maximilian Hecker, is pure misery. Protagonists pine, grieve, and rage as they watch hope fade away through frosty windows of romantic failure like Elizabethan teenagers in love, pausing only to reflect on the inevitable relief provided by their eventual earthly demise. Hecker croons lines like "You're the goddess of my daydreams/you're the diving suit to my body/you're the one I will never touch" in a lucid falsetto that recalls the Zombies' Colin Blunstone without the whimsy. His maudlin world is augmented by piano, strings, and the occasional burst of processed guitar or drums, resulting in a collection of material that manages to echo both Trent Reznor and "Without You"-era Harry Nilsson, while maintaining a distinctly European flare for melodrama. It's not all wrist-slitting breakup music however, as Hecker can conjure up the occasional bit of Morrissey-esque black humor ("Everything Inside Me Is Ill") and there is the requisite mid-tempo pick-me-up ("Full of Voices"), but for the most part, Lady Sleep is an effective love letter to pain. Fans of Antony and the Johnsons and Scott Walker will find much to love here.
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| 01. |  |
Birch |
6:10 |
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| 02. | |
Anaesthesia |
4:32 |
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| 03. | |
summer days in bloom |
3:52 |
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| 04. | |
Daze of nothing |
3:12 |
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| 05. | |
everything inside is ill |
3:44 |
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| 06. | |
full of voices |
2:26 |
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| 07. | |
help me |
4:24 |
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| 08. | |
snow |
3:07 |
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| 09. | |
dying |
4:00 |
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| 10. | |
Yeah, eventually she goes |
6:25 |
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| 11. | |
lady sleep |
3:37 |
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11 Total Tracks, 45:29 Total Length
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Credits
- Maximilian Hecker - Main Performer // Guy Sternberg - Producer // Guy Sternberg - Engineer // Guy Sternberg - Mixing // Yuri Bondarev - Viola // Doron Burstein - String Arrangements // Doron Burstein - String Conductor // Dinar Enikeev - Cello // Jonathan Feige - Guitar // Jareena Inacay - Violin // Liisa Lounila - Cover Painting // Arne Paul Neumann - Guitar (Bass) // Arne Paul Neumann - Lap Steel Guitar // Arne Paul Neumann - Guitar (Baritone) // Justin Texon - Violin // Darius VanHelfteren - Mastering
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