Stitches by Califone
Stitches, the new album from Califone, touches on all permutable definitions of the word- its episodes of discomfort and healing rendered with exquisite beauty and craftsmanship. The listener moves through a landscape of Old Testament blood and guts, spaghetti Western deserts and Southwestern horizons, zeroing in on emotions and images that cannot be glanced over.
In some regards, Stitches harks back to those earliest days of Califone, yet the ultimate outcome sounds like the work of an artist reborn. Rutili says. "Instead of writing from my balls and brain, this time I wrote from the nerves, skin, and heart."
Tracklist
| 1. | Movie Music Kills A Kiss | 4:22 |
| 2. | Stitches | 3:35 |
| 3. | Frosted Tips | 4:03 |
| 4. | Magdalene | 5:20 |
| 5. | Bells Break Arms | 5:03 |
| 6. | moonbath.brainsalt.a.holy.fool | 6:42 |
| 7. | Moses | 4:10 |
| 8. | A Thin Skin of Bullfight Dust | 5:53 |
| 9. | We Are A Payphone | 4:18 |
| 10. | turtle eggs/an optimist | 2:39 |
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Califone is an acclaimed musical project centered around Tim Rutili and a regular and rotating list of contributors. Formed out of the Chicago band Red Red Meat, they've been exploring the tension between experimental noise, acoustic texture, technology, humanity, cinematic images and microscopic poetry since 1998 with over a dozen albums of sleeper hits and enduring classics.