Artist: Sam Prekop
Title Of Album: Old Punch Card
Year Of Release: 2010
Country: USA
Label: Thrill Jockey Records
Genre: Electronic, Alternative, Indie Rock
Quality: MP3
Bitrate: VBR V0 kbps
Total Time: 40 min 45 sec
Total Size: 73 Mb (+3%) | No Scans
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"Old Punch Card" is the third solo album by Sam Prekop with a completely unexpected sound unlike anything he's created before.

Sam Prekop is known to most as the singer and songwriter of The Sea and Cake. He is a painter of some renown, a photographer and in addition he has released two solo albums of pop songs infused with his own blend of African and Brazilian guitar rhythms. Old Punch Card, his first solo effort since 2005, takes a dramatically unexpected turn away from either of these paths. Taking inspiration from early music concrete and electronic music, the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, Nuno Canavarro, Raymond Scott, David Behrman, and free improvisation, Old Punch Card is a beautifully noisy, jagged yet stately album of synthesizer music. The ideas and implementation of Old Punch Card (the album title alluding to the electronic, faintly mechanic origins of the music) were the result of an entirely new challenge: to do something completely different from anything else he's ever created. To facilitate this end, Prekop implemented a series of strict guidelines for the recording of the album. No vocals, no guitar (though he slipped in this regard on one track), and no beats. ~amazon.com

Tracklist:

1. Old Punch Card (4:04)
2. Array Wicket (5:12)
3. Knitting Needles (1:53)
4. Brambles (3:49)
5. Tell Work (4:04)
6. November September (6:20)
7. A Places (6:17)
8. Lazy House (4:00)
9. The Silhouetts (5:06)