White Tears, by Ivan The Tolerable

White Tears

by Ivan The Tolerable

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Daniel Tuttle It immediately makes me think if Ridley Scott's ALIEN were produced by Hammer Horror about a decade earlier than it was.

GarrettStrife This release evokes Silent Running circa 1972 for me. The idea of an ecological apocalypse to keys and funk is too attractive when presented this way.

If waking up on a ruined space station as the last human alive had a concept album, I would credit this as inspiration.

Small Favours is utterly chill.
Favorite track: Small Favours.

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1.	Gold Hat 08:03	buy track
2.	The Red Circle 02:47	buy track
3.	White Tears (Part I) 07:00	buy track
4.	Small Favours 02:04	buy track
5.	Holy Roman Empire 05:55	buy track
6.	Indian ink 02:41	buy track
7.	White Tears (Part II) 07:36	buy track
8.	Neukolln 03:52	buy track
9.	Empire II (Hugh Major Remix) *Bonus track 02:26	buy track
10.	Goldest Hat (Hugh Major Remix) *Bonus track 04:20	buy track
11.	White Tears III (Hugh Major Remix) *Bonus track 08:08	buy track

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“Reflecting the tension of our times, while striving for some calm normality, Ivan The Tolerable has concocted a jittery work of high anxiety cosmic jazz. Galactic chimes dance with kosmiche synths and spacious psych for an engulfing cerebral jam to guide the listener to survive
the end of the world.” James Thornhill
Electronic Sound/Line of Best Fit

"On White Tears track “Gold Hat” the muse has landed him firmly in a haze of woozy electric piano, ethereal synth, saxophone, and LSD dreams. The track opens on space-y synths and horn that feel like waking from a 12-hour surgery in gauzy anesthesia bliss. Imagine Eternal Tapestry, Get Up with it-era Miles, and Mort Garson taking a stab at Zeppelin’s “No Quarter” on some wine-soaked evening in a Biodome on the off-world colonies. That’s the vibe I’m getting listening to this long, expansive, and totally immersive track" John Hubner - Complex Distractions

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released April 2, 2021

Oli Heffernan: Guitar/Bass/Synthesizer/Organ/Field Recordings
Ben Hopkinson: Saxophone/Piano/Clarinet
Christian Alderson: Drums/Percussion
Robbie Major: Synthesizer On Neukolln
Kevin Nickles: Flutes On The Red Circle & Neukolln

Cover Artwork: Jordan Warren

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