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- Date Released: January 1, 1999
- Genre: Rock/Pop
- Style: Psychedelic Rock
- Label: Cloud Recordings / IODA
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If the preceding Dusk at Cubist Castle was the Olivia Tremor Control's very own White Album, then the labyrinthine Black Foliage is their SMiLE -- it's an imploding masterpiece, a work teetering on the cliff's edge between genius and madness. Torn at the seams between pop transcendence and noise radicalism, the group attempts to have it both ways, meaning teenage symphonies to God like "A New Day" rest uneasily alongside musique concrète-styled tape pastiches such as "Combinations" (which, along with the similarly styled, multi-part title track, is one of the many sonic motifs snaking its way throughout the record). There are at least enough ideas for five albums here, which is both Black Foliage's strength and its weakness -- it's impossible not to get lost inside of the OTC's swirling schizophrenia, and too often snatches of brilliance flash by too quickly to savor the moment. Moreover, with songs like "California Demise 3" continuing the oblique narrative running through previous OTC records, the artistic statement the record is making (and there undoubtedly is one) is impenetrable at best. Still, with each of the band's successive releases seeming like just part of a much bigger picture only now beginning to come into focus, maybe that's the point. Ultimately, Black Foliage just might be an end-of-the-millennium appeal that speaks directly and solely to the unconscious.
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| 01. |
Opening |
0:25 |
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A Peculiar Noise Called "Train Director" |
3:02 |
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| 03. |
Combinations |
0:04 |
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Hideaway |
2:34 |
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Black Foliage Animation 1 |
1:11 |
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| 06. |
Combinations |
0:14 |
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| 07. |
The Sky Is A Harpsichord Canvas |
0:04 |
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A Sleepy Company |
3:40 |
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Grass Canons |
3:21 |
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A New Day |
2:29 |
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Combinations |
0:15 |
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Black Foliage Animation 2 |
1:23 |
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I Have Been Floated |
3:39 |
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Paranormal Echoes |
3:30 |
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Black Foliage Animation 3 |
0:44 |
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A Place We Have Been To |
2:25 |
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Black Foliage (Itself) |
2:54 |
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The Sylvan Screen |
6:07 |
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The Bark and Below It |
11:24 |
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Black Foliage Animation 4 |
1:36 |
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California Demise 3 |
2:46 |
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| 22. | |
Looking For Quiet Seeds |
3:13 |
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| 23. |
Combinations |
0:11 |
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Mystery |
3:25 |
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Another Set Of Bees In The Museum |
3:07 |
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Black Foliage Animation 5 |
2:08 |
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| 27. | |
Hilltop Procession (Momentum Gaining) |
3:21 |
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27 Total Tracks, 69:12 Total Length
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- Alan Douches - Mastering // The Olivia Tremor Control - Main Performer // The Olivia Tremor Control - ? // Jeff Mangum - Percussion // Jeff Mangum - Sound Effects // Jeff Mangum - Vocals // Jeff Mangum - Melodica // Julian Koster - Organ // Julian Koster - Banjo // Julian Koster - Accordion // Julian Koster - Vocals // Julian Koster - Saw // Chris Bilheimer - Layout Design // Eric Harris - Group Member // Will Cullen Hart - Layout Design // Will Cullen Hart - Paintings // Bill Doss - Layout Design // Bill Doss - Group Member // Laura Carter - Percussion // Laura Carter - Vocals // Andrew Rieger - Vocals // Bryan Helium - Guitar (Acoustic) // Bryan Helium - Vocals // Josh McKay - Vibraphone // Scott Spillane - Trumpet // Scott Spillane - Euphonium // Scott Spillane - Bugle // Kevin Barnes - Guitar (Acoustic) // Kevin Barnes - Vocals // Pete Erchick - Group Member // Jeremy Barnes - Percussion // John Dazzo - Guitar (Acoustic) // John Dazzo - Vocals // Margie P. Wright - Tape // Robert Schneider - Guitar // Robert Schneider - Vocals // Robert Schneider - Overdubs // Robert Schneider - Mixing // Eric Ledford - Cello // Robbee Cucchiaro - Vocals // William Hart - Group Member
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