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Cold specks music is steeped in the musical traditions of the deep south. Far gentler than her electrifying sophomore neuroplasticity and her midnight debut i predict a graceful expulsion, cold specks has honed her artistic agency and has invited you to bear witness. There is a raw, poetic strength in cold specks delivery, her unique. Cold specks i predict a graceful expulsion discogs. Buy mp3 music online cold specks i predict a graceful expulsion. May 17, 2012 londonbased canadian singersongwriter al spx of cold specks would be profoundly dismayed to hear her music categorized alongside the late amy winehouse.
Ladan hussein, known on stage as cold specks has returned with her most personal work yet. To the cold, cold wind swallow me, hunted down i didnt know ive sent him out cross your heart remember me a good father i was in a bad sit i left it all i left it clean im a collection of memories take my body home, take my body home cross your heart remember me a good father i was in a bad sit take my body home, take my own body home take my body home take my body home. Cold specks winter solstice mp3 download and lyrics cd universe is your source for cold specks s song winter solstice mp3 download lyrics and much more. The album was named as a longlisted nominee for the 2012 polaris music prize on june 14, 2012 track listing.
Yet over the course of i predict a graceful expulsion and with the. Because our mp3s have no drm, you can play it on any device that supports mp3, even on your ipod. Spx chose the name cold specks as her stage name, since her. Stream i predict a graceful expulsion by cold specks on. Cold specks i predict a graceful expulsion is the debut album by cold specks the album was named as a longlisted nominee for the 2012 polaris music prize on june 14, 2012. She calls what she does doom soul, which almost covers the elements of soul, folk and darkling.
May 21, 2012 cold specks is the project from canadian singer and songwriter, al spx. Listen to your favorite songs from i predict a graceful expulsion by cold specks now. Cold specks new single hector and union chapel show announced. With a voice that evokes the spirit feel of mahalia jackson and the visceral tones of sister rosetta tharpe, cold specks sparse arrangements. Listen free to cold specks i predict a graceful expulsion the mark, heavy hands and more.
Reviews of i predict a graceful expulsion by cold specks, debut album from gothic soul singer al spx from london. Cold specks i predict a graceful expulsion youtube. Taken from the debut album i predict a graceful expulsion, the track will be available as a digital download. May 21, 2012 listen to your favorite songs from i predict a graceful expulsion by cold specks now. Hear the all things considered program for march 15, 2018. Cold specks lay me down mp3 download and lyrics cd universe is your source for cold speckss song lay me down mp3 download lyrics and much more. Cold specks as been chosen as starbucks pick of the week for this week, november. And shed be right to feel slighted, because that would be the clear result of a fleeting, surface listen of her forthcoming debut album, i predict a graceful expulsion mute. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. I predict a graceful expulsion is the debut album by cold specks. Oct 15, 2012 i predict a graceful expulsion is a haunting blend of folk, gospel, goth, and soul all anchored by al spxs incomparable voice. Al cites the lomax field recordings and james carr as influences along with bill callahan and tom waits. Cold specks will release their new single hector through mute on 6 august 2012.
Order online today and get free uk delivery on orders over. I predict a graceful expulsion is a haunting blend of folk, gospel, goth, and soul all anchored by al spxs incomparable voice. The record was mapped out in a cottage in wick, somerset and will no doubt feature those roughedged and dark but still velvety pitchfork vocals. I predict a graceful expulsion by cold specks vinyl, may. Born from the deep south and its wealth of musical traditions, spx collects fatalist imagery and nods to the melancholy of the blues. Cold specks winter solstice by cold specks free listening. Al spx, a 24 year old singer songwriter from etobicoke, ontario has a voice that seems to channel a legion of ancestors, all with trials and tribulations, all with full lives, all. Her mute records debut, the appropriately titled i predict a graceful expulsion. Aug 25, 2014 if recent interviews and stage banter are anything to go by, al spx herself grew to find the material from her acclaimed 2012 debut as cold specks, i predict a graceful expulsion, a bit of a. Mute records cold specks new single hector and union.
The album was named as a longlisted nominee for the 2012 polaris music prize on june 14. Cold specks, born al spx, is a 24yearold canadian singersongwriter. Cold specks is canadian musician al spx from etobicoke, canada, who now lives in london. Review i predict a graceful expulsion by cold specks. The name cold specks is taken from a line in james joyces ulysses born all in the dark wormy earth, cold specks of fire, evil, lights shining in the darkness. Londonbased canadian singersongwriter al spx of cold specks would be profoundly dismayed to hear her music categorized alongside the late amy winehouse. When the city lights dim, from her debut album, i predict a graceful expulsion, is available for free via download card at all locations, on the starbucks digital network in stores, or on the starbucks mobile app. May 18, 2012 listen free to cold specks i predict a graceful expulsion the mark, heavy hands and more. Some one who would dance around my doors and sing a casket what do you say now what do you say it is a strange year and it appears that i am stuck but i predict a graceful expulsion i predict a graceful expulsion i predict a graceful expulsion i predict a graceful expulsion stranded in the north sea yeah a wild dream frantic city keep my warm. With the sadness and wisdom of someone well beyond her 23 years, cold specks makes the kind of music you can get lost in for days. During the creation of fools paradise, ladan became obsessed with prewar mogadishu, her familys home city and somalias capital while living in. Listen to i predict a graceful expulsion, the debut album from cold specks, and you re transported to the deep south, to the ozarks and appalachians, to the stirring songs of chain gangs, and to harlem at the very point where blues met soul. Mar 15, 2018 hear the all things considered program for march 15, 2018.
Much as american fans of roots and blues music would love to lay claim to canadas mysteriously named al spx performing as cold specks, we just cant do it. With a voice that evokes the spirit feel of mahalia. Cold specks winter solstice mp3 download and lyrics. Her voice comes unadorned and laidbare, guitar rhythms come picked and spliced together with minimal fuss. That i am stuck chorus but i predict a graceful expulsion. Mute records cold specks starbucks pick of the week. Cold specks is songwriter and vocalist al spx from etobicoke, canada, who now lives in london.
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