The Black LighT: 20th Anniversary Edition (180g Double LP)

 
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Calexico
The Black LighT: 20th Anniversary Edition (180g Double LP)

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Release Date: Friday 23 November 2018

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An album about crossing physical and metaphorical borders that has never seemed more relevant! Calexico's classic album "The Black Light" turns 20 this year! This limited edition celebratory anniversary edition includes all new artwork by Victor Gastelum, extensive liner notes, and 11 bonus tracks.

What was surprising about The Black Light (and what set its architects apart from their indie rock peers) was the album's unusual willingness to wade into the rapids of American and Mexican culture, fully immersing itself midstream. From the outset, with 'Gypsy's Curse', the record combines guitar twang and flamenco flourishes; and by its end, almost an hour later, it's contrived a skillful and instinctive union of smoky bar room jazz, arthouse indie rock, and compelling mariachi brass in 'Frontera'. If Calexico falls short as a name, it's only in the fact that ‐ along‐ side their mining of Mexico's fertile musical past ‐ Joey Burns and John Convertino weren't just digging into California's son­gbook… they were unearthing America's too.

Tracks:

Side 1:
Gypsy's Curse
Fake Fur
The Ride - pt II
Where Water Flows
The Black Light
Sideshow
Chach
Missing

Side B:
Minas de Cobre - For Better Metal
Over Your Shoulder
Vinegaroon
Trigger
Sprawl
Stray
Old Man Waltz
Bloodflow
Frontera

Side C:
El Morro
Man Goes Where Water Flows
Glowing Heart Of The World
Too Much Sprawl
Rollbar

Side D:
Minas De Cobre (Extend-O-Mix)
Minas De Cobre (Spatial Mix)
Minas De Cobre (Acoustic Mix)
Lacquer
Drape
Bag of Death