CocoRosie - Tales Of A GrassWidow (2013) {City Slang}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 323 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 143 Mb
Full Artwork @ 300 dpi (png) -> 82 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 2013 City Slang / CocoRosie | SLANG50050
Rock / Indie / Dream Pop / Electronic / Experimental / Freak Folk
Over the years, CocoRosie slowly drifted away from their lo-fi roots and toward sounds that emphasize the sophistication of their songs. On Tales of a GrassWidow, Sierra and Bianca Casady polish away some of the more grating edges of their previous album, Grey Oceans, but these songs aren't all sweetness and light: "After the Afterlife" begins the album with deceptive delicacy before synths take the track in a darker and more mysterious direction. Indeed, this is some of CocoRosie's most electronic-based music, in large part because the Casadys worked with producer Valgeir Sigurðsson, whose Scandinavian folktronic flair brings out the similarities in the sisters' music to Björk and Múm.
Like those artists, CocoRosie make music that sounds ancient and futuristic at the same time, and the way they contrast and juxtapose those elements are vital to Tales of a GrassWidow's wounded but lovely songs. There is a lot of grief in this album, particularly on "Child Bride," where Bianca whispers trepidation-filled lyrics as Sierra wails in the distance, or on "Gravediggress," a rueful duet between a young girl (Bianca) and an old woman (Sierra) who may or may not be the same person. Songs such as these, as well as the surprisingly eldritch "Harmless Monster," where Bianca seems to murmur "I was an angel/Someone's sweet thing" from deep inside a haunted house, showcase not just CocoRosie's increasingly refined sounds but also the more nuanced ways they express their feminism. Despite GrassWidow's overall somber tone – which is exemplified beautifully on "Broken Chariot"'s mournful shakuhachi flutes – the Casadys do allow some hard-earned respites on tracks like the harp-driven "Roots of My Hair" and the equally eerie and catchy "Villain," which proves that the duo can write a pop song (granted, a pop song with harpsichord and violin breaks) when they wish to. Tales of a GrassWidow may not be as overtly challenging as Grey Oceans, but it offers some of CocoRosie's most focused, accomplished songs yet.
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tracklist:
01 - After The Afterlife
02 - Tears For Animals
03 - Child Bride
04 - Broken Chariot
05 - End Of Time
06 - Harmless Monster
07 - Gravediggress
08 - Far Away
09 - Roots Of My Hair
10 - Villain
11 - Poison
Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 3 from 29. August 2011
EAC extraction logfile from 12. January 2015, 18:40
CocoRosie / Tales Of A GrassWidow
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==== Log checksum 3EEF1F0B83C27DCA9432FD104876CC14910787B73BE38D3FE2E51C1C1F7D7096 ====
EAC extraction logfile from 12. January 2015, 18:40
CocoRosie / Tales Of A GrassWidow
Used drive : HL-DT-STDVD+-RW GT80N Adapter: 0 ID: 0
Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No
Read offset correction : 102
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Gap handling : Appended to previous track
Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 128 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
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TOC of the extracted CD
Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
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1 | 0:00.00 | 3:03.50 | 0 | 13774
2 | 3:03.50 | 5:18.61 | 13775 | 37685
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7 | 21:23.36 | 5:26.21 | 96261 | 120731
8 | 26:49.57 | 4:36.44 | 120732 | 141475
9 | 31:26.26 | 5:58.20 | 141476 | 168345
10 | 37:24.46 | 4:19.14 | 168346 | 187784
11 | 41:43.60 | 18:17.42 | 187785 | 270101
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==== Log checksum 3EEF1F0B83C27DCA9432FD104876CC14910787B73BE38D3FE2E51C1C1F7D7096 ====
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