Name: Scheherazade
Brand: Freakwater

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

bs235lp

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

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Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2016-02-12

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Shellshock

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

0744302023519

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

bs235

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0744302023526

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Freakwater

Genre GB

Country / Americana

Label GB

Bloodshot

'Scheherazade' is Freakwater's eighth album and first in over 10 years. Like the the heroine of Scheherazade's The Arabian Nights, their longevity sometimes depends on leaving their audience hanging. It is a release of familiarity as much as it is one of change, one that is distinctly different, but never loses sight of what it is that makes them Freakwater: It's new blood from a familiar vein. Anchored around the fragile and compelling harmonies of Janet Bean and Catherine Irwin and the subdued, oracular bass playing of Dave Gay, their utterly unique sound is distilled from many sources. There's the elemental ache and loss in the soil and limestone of Kentucky and the songs and struggles that passed over the Atlantic from the British Isles centuries ago. There's the energy and freedom in the ratty punk clubs of Louisville and Chicago at a time when rules and formalities were meant to be ignored. At once bluegrass, blues, folk, and country, it is also none of them; Freakwater is not dealing in historical artifacts. Rather, it is a product of two voices intertwined with one another for over three decades, creating a sound that might be best summarized as Appalachian soul.LP - 180 Gram with Download.

Scheherazade

Music GB