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Eno About The Need

Back in stock! *500 hand-packaged copies only, sublime album from Hood frontman Chris Adams* If you think this run of 500 CD copies for Bracken's 'Eno About The Need' is a bit too limited for its own good, try the original vinyl edition for size: there was just one copy made. That LP version made its way across the globe, being passed from Bracken fan to Bracken fan, each wearing down the grooves with every play, and even going so far as to contribute to the record's ever-evolving artwork. Finally, after months of wear and tear, the LP made it back home to Bracken HQ, by which point the already rather hazy audio (salvaged from decaying tape loops, Basinski-style) had mutated into a markedly different listening experience thanks to the dust, scratches and warping it had been subjected to over the course of its travels. It was this nth generation version of the album that was eventually transferred to the CD edition for sale here, leaving you with an authentically aged and well-worn document that's not so much a Bracken record as it is a collaboration between Chris Adams and the lucky erstwhile owners of that pummelled vinyl copy. The end result at times sounds like a Grouper record that's been freshly exhumed from some grubby crypt, experimenting with semi-erased electrical hum signals and distant, profoundly obfuscated songs. It's not only a thoroughly beautiful listening experience, but it's one of those rare concept albums that holds a genuine resonance and tells quite a story. Followers of Hood, Bracken, Belong, or indeed the aforementioned William Basinski and Grouper will want to snap one of these up as soon as possible. Highly Recommended.