Grapes LP by Mark Alexander McIntyre

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The second LP by the mysterious Mark Alexander McIntyre. Don't let the floral artwork fool you, M.A.M.'s Grapes is one of the bleakest records I've ever heard and I'm incredibly "pleased" to be hoisting this slab of depression upon you all. This is a very down-and-out record of original songs written from the point of view of man who seems to be close to the void, or perhaps already within its deathly grips, reaching out to us with his weary, wraithlike voice. The songs seem to be interconnected, with the same characters and themes appearing on multiple cuts. Some of the lyrics deal with pain and loss obliquely, while others confront the harshness of reality head on: stomach problems, factory work, cancer treatment. Most of the material is recorded onto a wavering and echoey tape machine with just acoustic guitar, but as the album progresses, electric instruments and a full band cut through the fog. It's truly a harrowing work, but one that I've been unable to stop listening to since I received these murky recordings nearly two years ago as an unsolicited demo tape.

Volcanic Tongue called Grapes "one of the premier outsider all-alone folk/psych burnout albums of the goddamn decade" and featured it as their February 2014 Tip of the Tongue.

Tracklist

1.	Charlie's Blues	1:42

2.	A Life Of Bad Luck	3:02

3.	Don't Wait For Alex	3:51

4.	No More Lovers In The Green	3:43

5.	Blue Hills And The Fallen	3:30

6.	The Dying Sun	2:43

7.	A Birth, A Death, The Darkness And The Light	1:34

8.	Trying To Breathe	3:34

9.	I Know You're There	3:42

10.	Caught And Hung	3:43

11.	Tell Me	3:30

Credits

released December 6, 2013

All songs written and recorded by M.A.M.

More info on Mark and his music:
www.onekindfavor.net/p/mam.html

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