A Winged Victory for the Sullen *New Album Nov 1st 2019*

Mexicola · Post by **Mexicola** » Thu Jun 09, 2011 4:57 pm

The increasingly prolific Adam Wiltzie (Stars of the Lid) has hooked up with Dustin O'Halloran on this new release. The preview sounds typically fantastic. I know I don't have to give this the hard sell to the likes of Bleak and Disavowed....

Oh - and the best bit? From the great man himself: 'ladies & gentlemen. this to be released this fall by me & good friend dustin o'halloran. it will surely help true lid lovers cope until the next one is done.'

Logan71 · Post by **Logan71** » Fri Jun 10, 2011 11:18 am

"Cellist Hildur Gudnadottir and violinist Peter Broderick make guest appearances."

Wonderful news.

bleak. · Post by **bleak.** » Fri Jun 10, 2011 11:37 am

this is wonderful news, and the guest appearance of mr peter broderick makes it even more special

Shoes · Post by **Shoes** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 9:10 am

The samples sound absolutely heavenly.

Mexicola · Post by **Mexicola** » Thu Aug 11, 2011 4:41 pm

Great review in today's Guardian. New band of the day no less!

Mexicola · Post by **Mexicola** » Fri Sep 09, 2011 11:55 pm

Whole album streaming on DrownedInSound. Personally, I'm waiting for the vinyl to arrive, although I'll probably relent and check it out tomorrow.

thedisavowed · Post by **thedisavowed** » Tue Sep 13, 2011 2:39 pm

This album is beautiful. It's as good as having a new SOTL LP, honestly.

Mexicola · Post by **Mexicola** » Tue Sep 13, 2011 4:41 pm

thedisavowed wrote:This album is beautiful. It's as good as having a new SOTL LP, honestly.

WHERE'S MY VINYL!!! Ho hum. Drumming fingers on table...

EDIT: ....downloaded (officially) the MP3's while I wait for the LP to arrive. Oh me, oh my. Words can't do it justice. There's a clip on Vimeo showing them recording it and Adam Wiltzie looks close to tears. Now I know why.

Truly, truly special. Please seek this one out. Unless something comes out of leftfield before Dec 31, this is my album of the year.

Stunning.

adelinyenmah · Post by **adelinyenmah** » Wed Sep 14, 2011 1:12 am

Mexicola wrote:The increasingly prolific Adam Wiltzie (Stars of the Lid) has hooked up with Dustin O'Halloran on this new release. The preview sounds typically fantastic. I know I don't have to give this the hard sell to the likes of Bleak and Disavowed....

Oh - and the best bit? From the great man himself: 'ladies & gentlemen. this to be released this fall by me & good friend dustin o'halloran. it will surely help true lid lovers cope until the next one is done.'

AHHH NEW SOTL HOLY SHIT. This is really, really good news. Like fucking awesome. This album is pretty incredible too. Can't wait for the vinyl to get here. I was pretty bummed when it got delayed two weeks.

IanRedpoint · Post by **IanRedpoint** » Wed Sep 14, 2011 10:28 am

Vinyl ordered from Norman. Only allowed myself the briefest of listens on Soundcloud before deciding it was amazing.

thedisavowed · Post by **thedisavowed** » Thu Sep 15, 2011 1:22 am

This is the next one

thedisavowed · Post by **thedisavowed** » Thu Sep 15, 2011 1:36 am

Thanks for sharing that video Mexicola. If you run into any other content for the album - please let us know!

Archrival · Post by **Archrival** » Fri Sep 16, 2011 1:24 pm

I give the album 5 out 5. Album of the year so far.

Mexicola · Post by **Mexicola** » Fri Sep 16, 2011 5:35 pm

Archrival wrote:I give the album 5 out 5. Album of the year so far.

Vinyl (finally) arrived today after days of making do with the MP3's. I'm inclined to agree - possible album of the year. The only thing that makes me hesitate is the Sleepingdog LP which is truly stunning too.

I posted as much on AWVFTS's Facebook page and Adam Wiltzie came back with one word:

'Sleepingdog'

Both are simply magnificent. SOTL will have to work damn hard to top these.

thedisavowed · Post by **thedisavowed** » Fri Sep 16, 2011 8:18 pm

It kind of amazes me in a way - I mean given the constraints that ambient operates under - how much variety these guys seem to come up with. I mean I'm sure to the layman that any give SOTL album sounds same-ish - but to a fan there's clear differences - lots of nuance and growth that we have seen from these guys in the past 10 years.

We're only on our way up from here. The records seem to increasingly be embracing more and more acoustic instrumentation (filtered through STOL's lens of course) and I just love this classical vibe that's becoming more and more central to their aesthetic.

Anyways. It's great stuff. Very pleased. Probably will order the CD and the vinyl.

Mexicola · Post by **Mexicola** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 8:10 pm

***FREE GIG*** in Brussels.

Damn you lucky Belgians. DAMN YOU ALL TO HELL!!!

bluesky · Post by **Fredd-E** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 9:55 pm

Thanks for the recommendation.

I just listened this one : and now I need to hear all the rest. Very moving track.

This is so damn beautiful. Nice artwork too.

rik0000 · Post by **rik0000** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 1:02 pm

Free listen (at least for dutchies): http://3voor12.vpro.nl/speler/luisterpa ... l.45128480

Don't know whether there's a filter for other countries, but at least dutch twoismers should be able to listen. www.luisterpaal.nl is also recommended to check for other music, they have some decent stuff every now and then (again, maybe only for dutchies).

Logan71 · Post by **Logan71** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 1:40 pm

My CD arrived yesterday, along with a beautiful poster.

One more for the 'to be framed' pile.

thedisavowed · Post by **thedisavowed** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 2:28 pm

Logan71 wrote:My CD arrived yesterday, along with a beautiful poster.

One more for the 'to be framed' pile.

Where did you order from Logan? Direct from Kranky?

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