catalogue

SISKIYOU

KEEP AWAY THE DEAD (CONSTELLATION)

SISKIYOU - KEEP AWAY THE DEAD 50922
format:
1 LP
release:
07.10.2011
label:
CONSTELLATION
item ID:
50922
barcode:
0666561008314
Most of the tunes on Keep Away The Dead were born at Mara Hall in Mara, BC (pop. 350) where bed tracks were laid down in the crisp air during the depth of winter.

The arctic atmosphere of that empty, cavernous, hardwood structure was the perfect complement to Huebert's sensibility: a tense and acute restraint; a shivering, biting, sometimes bitter rending of barebones, folk-inflected rock music.

Siskiyou's debut was a stunning little scrapbook of short, sharp tunes; Keep Away The Dead ramps up with subtle care and clarity - something closer to a sonic novella.

The resulting song cycle yields a strikingly cold-eyed, warm-hearted album, marked by quiet defiance and desperation, where each tune feels like another precious log thrown on a lone campfire burning in the cold night.
 
  • Tracklisting
  • 1.1. KEEP AWAY THE DEAD
  • 1.2. WHERE DOES THAT LEAVE ME
  • 1.3. TWIGS AND STONES
  • 1.4. SO COLD
  • 1.5. REVOLUTION BLUES
  • 1.6. DEAR OLD FRIEND
  • 1.7. NOT THE KIND
  • 1.8. FIERY DEATH
  • 1.9. SING ME TO SLEEP
  • 1.10. DEAD RIGHT NOW