{"product_id":"ana-roxanne-poem-1","title":"Ana Roxanne - Poem 1","description":"\u003cp\u003eAna Roxanne returns with Poem 1, an album that displays a new-found boldness and arrives on kranky.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTHE GUARDIAN - “Keepsake” included in tracks of the week (20th Feb) “devastatingly\u003cbr\u003estark… suffused in grief”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"I wanted to travel \/ Home into somewhere,\"Ana Roxanne breathes across an eerie\u003cbr\u003esuspended drone on \"The Age of Innocence\". \"I wanted to try \/ And go very far.\"\u003cbr\u003eThese are the first words we hear on Poem 1 and reintroduce an artist who's in a\u003cbr\u003econspicuously different phase of her life than she was when her debut album,\u003cbr\u003eBecause of a Flower, sprouted nearly six years ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHeartbroken and reflective, Roxanne surveys the transformations that followed and\u003cbr\u003edisplays a new-found boldness. Her voice is naked, vulnerable and alive, no longer\u003cbr\u003eshrouded in tape noise or looped and echoed beyond recognition beneath layered\u003cbr\u003eelectroacoustic textures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThroughout the course of Poem 1, Roxanne displays her skill as a singer and\u003cbr\u003esongwriter in the classic sense, using the limited instrumentation simply to accent\u003cbr\u003eher exposed tones. Muted piano phrases and plucked bass notes languidly trail her\u003cbr\u003eanguished siren song on \"Berceuse in A-flat Minor, Op. 45\", making each word count.\u003cbr\u003eOn \"Keepsake\" meanwhile, she sounds as if she's alone in an abandoned bar,\u003cbr\u003estroking the dust off the piano's keys as she inventories her emotional scars. There's\u003cbr\u003ea smell of old whisky in the air, but Poem 1 is a remarkably sober album; never\u003cbr\u003ewallowing in self pity, Roxanne finds catharsis in the logic of her expressions, twisting\u003cbr\u003eout the edges of her memories into surreal, cinematic asides. \"Untitled II\", the\u003cbr\u003ealbum's pronounced, uninhibited centerpiece, delivers on the Lynchian promise\u003cbr\u003ethat's been present since her first EP, 2019's ~~~. \"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd when she interprets the Robert Schumann's lied \"Stille Tränen\" on \"One Shall\u003cbr\u003eSleep\", she turns Justinus Kerner's words into a whispered echo of her own grief,\u003cbr\u003enarrating the 19th century poem over syrupy synthesizers and strings. There's a light\u003cbr\u003eemerging on the horizon, though; burying her past on the choral standout '\"Cover\u003cbr\u003eMe\", Roxanne shifts the pace and the mood on 'Atonement', lifting her voice into a\u003cbr\u003egentle lilt.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003epress quotes for previous album Because of a Flower:\u003cbr\u003e''The Californian musician seems to ponder the mutability of gender on her second\u003cbr\u003ealbum, which offers a magical out-of-body experience'' 4\/5 The Guardian\u003cbr\u003e\"Because of a Flower gives us a glimpse into a very specific world of sound —\u003cbr\u003eaquatic, earthen, and airborne, all at once — and it is a treat to get lost in.” - Beats\u003cbr\u003ePer Minute\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“It feels like bathing in moonlight.” - PitchforkTracklist:\u0026amp;nbsp;\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1. The Age of Innocence 2. Berceuse in A-flat Minor, Op. 45 3. Keepsake 4. x\u003cbr\u003e5. Untitled II 6. One Shall Sleep 7. Wishful (draft) 8. Cover Me 9. Atonement\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: vinyl LP\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel\u003c\/strong\u003e: Kranky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre\u003c\/strong\u003e: Ambient\/Experimental\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition\u003c\/strong\u003e: New\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCatalogue Number\u003c\/strong\u003e: KRANK252LP\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBarcode\u003c\/strong\u003e: 796441825219\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.southrecordshop.com\/collections\/pre-order\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf unsealed, we ship records with the LP outside the sleeve to avoid seam splits.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"South Records Ltd","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":55512003936632,"sku":null,"price":28.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0342\/2497\/files\/214757-ana-roxanne-poem-1.jpg?v=1774464023","url":"https:\/\/www.southrecordshop.com\/products\/ana-roxanne-poem-1","provider":"South Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}