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ten kens

For Posterity

Label: Fat Cat
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Format: CD
Released: Sep 2010
Catalogue Number: FATCD93
Estimated time of shipping: 1-3 days
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ten kens - For Posterity

The second album from Toronto-based alt. rockers Ten Kens arrives on Fat Cat, introducing itself with a scrum of distortion and erratic drum rolls on opener 'Johnny Ventura', which seems to feature a lot of open-string guitar bashing punctuated by eruptive, jagged wig-outs. Halfway through, all the noise drops away to reveal a strange, thinned out reverb-laden quiet bit before it all kicks off again. This is a weird first song from a band that seem to revel in the uncategorisable awkwardness of their sound. The bigger picture helps make sense of it all though, casting up hard-riffing chuggers like 'Insignificant Other' and bluesy tirade 'Screaming Viking' whilst also dispensing complex, shimmering baroque rock-out 'Summer Camp' and the extended rockabilly twang-athon, 'Hard Sell'.

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MAX RICHTER - Infra, Fat Cat
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BRETON

Other People's Problems

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Format_dot_cdCD // £11.99

MAX RICHTER

The Blue Notebooks (LIMITED VINYL EDITION)

Fat Cat

Format_dot_vinylLP // £16.99

*FIRST EVER VINYL EDITION OF THIS CLASSIC ALBUM - LIMITED TO 500 COPIES ONLY FOR THE WORLD*

MAPS & ATLASES

Beware And Be Grateful

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Format_dot_vinylLP // £13.99

NOW: £8.99

MAPS & ATLASES

Fever

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NOW: £2.50

MAX RICHTER

Songs From Before (DMM REMASTERED EDITION)

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Format_dot_vinylLP // £15.99

*NOW AVAILABLE ON LIMITED EDITION, RE-MASTERED DMM VINYL*

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MAX RICHTER

Memoryhouse

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Max Richter's 'lost' first album, finally available again in all its widescreen glory...now on vinyl!

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MAX RICHTER

Infra

Fat Cat

Format_dot_vinylLP // £15.99

Finally available on vinyl...

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Lumiere

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Featuring Stars of the Lid’s Adam Wiltzie, Johann Johannsson and the ACME orchestra...

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Vorleben

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**Includes MP3 download coupon redeemable from the label**

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KLAXONS - Surfing The Void, Polydor
THE SMILES AND FROWNS - The Smiles And Frowns, Akoustik Anarkhy
DRUM EYES - Gira Gira, UPSET THE RHYTHM
BRAD LANER - Natural Selections, HOMETAPES
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THE SOUNDCARRIERS - Celeste, Melodic
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The recorded works of obscure British psych band Infinity resurface thanks to Lion Productions

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The much-delayed follow-up to Mercury Prize winner, Myths Of The Near Future

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DRUM EYES

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Far-out electro-psych from DJ Scotch Egg and E-DA of Boredoms

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Natural Selections

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A psych-pop solo album from the man behind Medicine, Lexaunculpt, Electric COmpany and Internal Tulips

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WAVVES

King Of The Beach

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A cleaned-up, skate-punk influenced new album from lo-fi provocateur Nathan Williams

THE SOUNDCARRIERS

Celeste

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The second album from this vintage prog/psych-pop loving band. For fans of Broadcast and Stereolab