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RICHARD YOUNGS And Jagjaguwar Announce Under Stellar Stream LP

August 19, 2009, 08:34 PM

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Jagjaguwar is proud to announce the newest addition to RICHARD YOUNGS' astounding, visionary catalogue, Under Stellar Stream. In his latest solo work, Youngs offers up a collection of neodruid hymns and chants for the minutiae of homelife and fatherhood -- poetic transcendance through repetition and a focus on the (seemingly) micro.

Once again proving himself a master of minimalist composition, Youngs also takes leaps forward as a lyricist on Under Stellar Stream, reminiscent of the list incantations of Allen Ginsberg. With this comes a change in Young's voice, now less pleading, deeper and more assured. In these atonal, spatial arrangements, each phrase is granted the room to work into the cerebral cortex -- and perhaps a deeper consciousness. "I am remembering now the waiting on time itself. I am remembering now the value of sleep," recites Youngs' domesticated avatar on opening track "Broke Up By Night," a celtic prayer for the modern man. Then, on "All Day Monday and Tuesday," over a droning bass and slow, meandering organ, the grind of the work day becomes empyreal: "All day Monday and Tuesday, the room of work, the room of work...All day Monday and Tuesday, the clarity, the clarity."

For more than 20 years, the UK's Youngs has been at the forefront of pregressive minimalism, through solo home recording projects; through collaborations with the likes of Simon Wickham-Smith and Makoto Kawabata (of Acid Mothers Temple); and in special live performances playing bass with Jandek. Leaving a very human fingerprint on even the most far-reaching experimentations, Youngs has built an extensive, intriguing catalogue that just begs one to go deeper.
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Under Stellar Stream will be released by Jagjaguwar on October 20th (19th in the UK), worldwide.Richard has a few UK dates on the horizon, including an appearance with Heather Leigh Murray on Oct. 9 as part of The Wire's Into The Vortex Series. Find out more about the Into The Vortex Series here. And view a full-listing of Richard Youngs live dates here.

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