Name: Outer Peace
Brand: Toro Y Moi

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

LP-CAK-131

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Colour

black

Colour details

Black Vinyl.

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Discogs ID

Discs

Download code

Download code: Yes

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2019-01-18

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Redeye

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

677517013115

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

Artist

Toro Y Moi

Genre US

Rock-Pop

Label US

Carpark

Ex:Re - <a href="https://roughtrade.com/us/music/ex-re-ex-re">Ex:Re</a>

Available on Rough Trade Exclusive Limited Blue Vinyl with Download and Bonus CD. This is the only Colored Vinyl Version available in the world.

The first solo album from Daughter's Elena Tonra, under the moniker Ex:Re, is a lingering love-note to a companion now gone, and although there is little comfort in her sadness, Tonra is able to find beauty and eloquence.

"I miss you". The on-going narrative of the album. The hazy memory of a relationship is stitched together with anecdotes. Moods of isolation, pining and despair. The song Romance speaks of an empty and almost angry one-night stand, in The Dazzler she drinks alone in the protective limbo of hotel, all the time hauntingly reminded of a missing piece. What once was and is no more. Like Prince's Nothing Compares 2 U, the relationship is only referenced as a point of comparison to the sadness she feels now. The spectral relationship hangs around in the shadows, without ever revealing its true form.

The sheen and clarity of Daughter is gone with Ex:Re, in exchange for more tender and textured sound. The light-touches elevate Tonra's voice, allowing her to work within her emotion and without the need to accentuate. There are flashes of Jeff Buckley, gentle reminders of Laura Veirs and even a raw Sun Kil Moon touch on the song New York.

This is not an album that screams empowerment, in fact fragility and self doubt are the key themes, but the eerie approach strikes a chord we all know well and all should have experienced. The album goes to the very heart and does not flinch in handling the comedown and despair of a love lost.

Albums of the Month - February 2019

2. Prefab Sprout - <a href="https://roughtrade.com/us/music/prefab-sprout-i-trawl-the-megahertz">I Trawl The Megahertz</a>

3. Sharon Van Etten - <a href="https://roughtrade.com/us/music/sharon-van-etten-remind-me-tomorrow">Remind Me Tomorrow</a>

4. Unloved - <a href="https://roughtrade.com/us/music/unloved-heartbreak">Heartbreak</a>

5. Toro Y Moi - <a href="https://roughtrade.com/us/music/toro-y-moi-outer-peace">Outer Peace</a>

6. Toy - <a href="https://roughtrade.com/us/music/toy-happy-in-the-hollow">Happy In The Hollow</a>

7. Beirut - <a href="https://roughtrade.com/us/music/beirut-gallipoli">Gallipoli</a>

8. Mara Simpson - <a href="https://roughtrade.com/us/music/mara-simpson-285-days">285 Days</a>

9. Night Beats - <a href="https://roughtrade.com/us/music/night-beats-myth-of-a-man">Myth Of A Man</a>

10. Sneaks - <a href="https://roughtrade.com/us/music/sneaks-highway-hypnosis">Highway Hypnosis</a>

Albums of the Month - February 2019

Albums of the Year 2019 Top 100

Rough Trade Album of the Month - February 2019

Toro Y Moi returns with his most instant and pop album available here on Rough Trade Exclusive Translucent Orange Vinyl, Limited Indie Shops Red Vinyl, Black Vinyl and CD.

Toro Y Moi returns with his most instant and pop album. It's an absolute treat. Shortly after the release of his 2015 record What For?, Toro Y Moi (also known as Chaz Bear) packed up his belongings, leaving the comfort of his Oakland base for the relative solitude of Portland to write Boo Boo. Apart from the familiarity of his surroundings, Bear focused on what would become his next sonic statement. In doing so, he was struck by the reign that technology holds over our day to day lives and its ability to obscure the consumption of creativity. His change of envi-ronment resulted in freedom from disturbances and, in those quiet and tranquil spaces, the creation of music acted as a protest in favor of peace.

Having now moved back to Oakland, Bear’s new record Outer Peace is a response to the lessons gleaned while making Boo Boo — a response to the expendable state of art that is a product of instant gratification. Bear’s ingenuity reveals a multifaceted expression of his universe on this record. It’s the space be-tween the accessible and unconventional where he invites us to experience Outer Peace, which is rooted in nding peace in antithetical conditions: being stuck in traffic, hustling for your next check as a freelancer and all other chaotic moments in life that require digging beneath the surface to find solace.

As both a producer and designer, Bear utilizes abstract sound pairings with recognizable samples for his most pop influenced record to date. This is no de-parture from his funk and disco roots, which can be heard on Ordinary Pleasure, later fusing into variations of house with tracks like Freelance and Laws of the Universe. Smooth interludes melt into fast paced beats, paralleling the feeling of driving through the Bay Area, where Bear spent most of his time writing the album. Outer Peace is duality. It embodies whatever form you choose to inhabit in the moment. Listen and let your imagination become the universe.

LP+ - Rough Trade Exclusive. Limited to 300 Copies on Translucent Orange vinyl with Download.

LP++ - Limited Indie Shops Clear Vinyl with Download.