The Path
Belbury Poly
| Available Formats | Tracks | Price | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12" Vinyl Album | 13 tracks | £17.95 | |
| CD Album | 17 tracks | £11.95 | |
| Download Album (FLAC) | 17 tracks | £7.99 | |
| Download Album (MP3) | 17 tracks | £7.99 | |
| Download individual tracks | From £0.99 | ||
Description
Belbury Poly - The Path
The Path is the latest album from Belbury Poly (aka Ghost Box records founder Jim Jupp). This time round Jupp has recruited a full band roster to expand his own unique electronica. He is joined by occasional Belbury Poly collaborator Christopher Budd on Bass and Guitar, Jesse Chandler (of Midlake, Mercury Rev & Pneumatic Tubes) on flute, clarinet and keyboards, Max Saidi on drums plus narration from author and poet, Justin Hopper.
Musically it takes as its starting point a particular moment of early 1970s British film soundtracks by the likes of Roy Budd and Roger Webb; a soundworld of easy-going jazz and funky rhythms gently coloured with pastoral strings and flutes. The Path, however, is unmoored from time or place thanks to Hopper’s narrative style, Chandler’s rustic flutes and keys, Budd’s soulful psychedelic guitars and Jupp’s production and electronics. Hopper's words form a loose, open-ended narrative and it's not just a continuous reading. The vocal passages are interspersed at intervals in a very musical way amongst the instrumental passages. It's very much an album with spoken word rather than a spoken word album.
Artwork by Julian House and liner notes by Justin Hopper, the vinyl version includes a free download code card. CD and digital versions also include four instrumental versions of spoken word tracks.
Tracklisting
12" Vinyl Album (GBX043LP)
- Belbury Poly - Coordinates
- Belbury Poly - The Path
- Belbury Poly - Highways and Byways
- Belbury Poly - Pixie-Led
- Belbury Poly - The Exile Way
- Belbury Poly - Between Sea and Sky
- Belbury Poly - Sunrise at the Crossroads
- Belbury Poly - All That I Am
- Belbury Poly - Going, Gone
- Belbury Poly - Blind Alley
- Belbury Poly - The Wrong Spot
- Belbury Poly - You Won't Find Me
- Belbury Poly - Last Orders
CD Album (GBX043CD)
- Belbury Poly - Coordinates
- Belbury Poly - The Path
- Belbury Poly - Highways and Byways
- Belbury Poly - Pixie-Led
- Belbury Poly - The Exile Way
- Belbury Poly - Between Sea and Sky
- Belbury Poly - Sunrise at the Crossroads
- Belbury Poly - All That I Am
- Belbury Poly - Going, Gone
- Belbury Poly - Blind Alley
- Belbury Poly - The Wrong Spot
- Belbury Poly - You Won't Find Me
- Belbury Poly - Last Orders
- Belbury Poly - Highways and Byways (Instrumental)
- Belbury Poly - Between Sea and Sky (Instrumental)
- Belbury Poly - Going Gone (Instrumental)
- Belbury Poly - The Wrong Spot (Instrumental)
Download Album (GBX043DL)
- Belbury Poly - Coordinates
- Belbury Poly - The Path
- Belbury Poly - Highways and Byways
- Belbury Poly - Pixie-Led
- Belbury Poly - The Exile Way
- Belbury Poly - Between Sea and Sky
- Belbury Poly - Sunrise at the Crossroads
- Belbury Poly - All That I Am
- Belbury Poly - Going, Gone
- Belbury Poly - Blind Alley
- Belbury Poly - The Wrong Spot
- Belbury Poly - You Won't Find Me
- Belbury Poly - Last Orders
- Belbury Poly - Highways and Byways (Instrumental)
- Belbury Poly - Between Sea and Sky (Instrumental)
- Belbury Poly - Going Gone (Instrumental)
- Belbury Poly - The Wrong Spot (Instrumental)