[ Mute / LP ]
Release Date: Friday 27 January 2023
Reissue of Mick Harvey's fifth studio album, Sketches from the Book of the Dead, on limited gold vinyl.
Originally released on May 2nd, 2011, Sketches from the Book of the Dead is Mick Harvey's first fully self-penned album; the 11-track album was recorded and mixed with David McCluney at Atlantis Sound, Port Melbourne with additional recording at Harvey's own Grace Lane music room. The record sees Mick Harvey (playing most of the instruments) joined by Rosie Westbrook on double bass and J.P. Shilo on accordion and violin, with Xanthe Waite contributing occasional ethereal backing vocals. Containing an extraordinary investigation into a rarely scrutinized area of the human condition, Sketches from the Book of the Dead is a truly unique piece of work.
A1. October Boy
A2. The Ballad of Jay Givens
A3. Two Paintings
A4. Rhymeless
A5. Frankie T. & Frankie C.
B1. A Place Called Passion
B2. To Each His Own
B3. The Bells Never Rang
B4. That's All, Paul
B5. How Would I Leave You?
B6. Famous Last Words