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Waxing Gibbous

Middleton, Malcolm

Waxing Gibbous

Full Time Hobby
CD $12.00

08/11/2009 5060100666563 

FTH 077 

The early consensus about Waxing Gibbous, the fifth solo album from Falkirk, Scotland's Malcolm Middleton, says it's his best yet. Following last year's low-key Sleight of Heart, this is the album Middleton was making while he took that diversion, composed from years' worth of scribbles in notebooks that were "chiselled and connived into being songs." 
A unique voice among singer-songwriters, Middleton's work balances a fragile mix of self-doubt, humor, and wry observations on the human condition. Few current singer songwriters can claim to be as prolific--or focused--as Middleton in the past five years, averaging a release per year.  
Waxing Gibbous was self-produced, though the album was recorded with the help of a few friends: it features backing vocals from King Creosote and The Pictish Trail, the piano skills of Barry Burns from Mogwai, and the honeyed vocals of Jenny Reeve. And there are surprises in store. He raps! He speaks! He plays slap bass! He sings about socks! Heck, the brilliant Zero even gets close to full-blown '80s hip hop. 
"'Waxing gibbous' refers to a moon that's almost full, and Middleton here surely approaches full brilliance. Four stars." 
--Mojo

Tracklist

  1. #1 Red Travellin' Socks

  3. #2 Kiss At The Station

  5. #3 Carry Me

  7. #4 Zero

  9. #5 Stop Doing Be Good

  11. #6 Don't Want To Sleep Tonight

  13. #7 Shadows

  15. #8 Ballad Of Fuck All

  17. #9 Box & Knife

  19. #10 Made Up Your Mind

  21. #11 Subset Of The World

  23. #12 Love On The Run

  25. #13 Not To Be (itunes Bonus Track)

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