Owen Pallett - Island

Owen Pallett - IslandDouble vinyl LP pressing. Island is the 2021 album from Oscar nominated composer and songwriter Owen Pallett. Almost entirely acoustic, Island begins with 13 darkened chords, and was recorded live at Abbey Road Studios with the London Contemporary Orchestra. The introduction is sound of waking up alone, and on the shore of a strange land. What follows is a shimmering and luscious orchestral album that draws across the full breadth of Pallett's

Gloria Barnes

and Gene Hoglan on drums

from the legendary prog rock bands King Crimson and Emerson

coloring books

Austere finds the guitar duo of Daniel Burton (Early Day Miners) and Chris Carothers (Hunting People

"Sunken Rags"

There’s a strong sense of storytelling throughout

Home of her legendary concerts

These songs came from a turbulent time when I was coming to self-love through many existential crises and shifts in perspective

For his score to the 1974 European thriller

sounds vital: grooving

sets the tone for the entire label with it's modal and soul jazz flourishes