Oldham, Will ( Palace) / Seafarers Music

Drag City

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CD
$11.25
DC 261 CD
781484026129
Street Date:
March 2nd, 2004
Ship Date:
February 23rd, 2004

WILL OLDHAM (PALACE, BONNIE PRINCE BILLY) returns with another installment in his instrumental, or "silent" catalog—music written as soundtrack material for the independent screen. Joined by brother PAUL and DAVID BIRD, Oldham delivers four instrumental tracks for the feature-length documentary Seafarers, a film shot in Rotterdam that follows the lives of four sailors—a Swede, a Polynesian, a Croat, and a Nigerian—each with their own story, as they wait to go back to sea. Each track is a theme for one of the sailors, and Oldham evokes their stories and surroundings with great aplomb.