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Burning Off Impurities

by Grails

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Soft Temple 06:40
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More Extinction 02:15
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Silk Rd. 08:14
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Drawn Curtains 04:56
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Outer Banks 07:47
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Dead Vine Blues 04:41
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Origin-ing 07:51
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Burning Off Impurities 07:49
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Following soon after the critically praised Black Tar Prophecies collection on Important Records, Portland, Oregon's Grails return with their first proper studio album since 2004 release of Redlight. Burning Off Impurities - their debut for Temporary Residence Ltd. - makes good on the promise of those past releases in delivering an album that not only thrusts the group to new heights, but also significantly pushes the instrumental rock genre forward for the first time in nearly a decade. An increased interest in psychedelic, ambient and world musics is most likely to blame for Grails' exploration of the lesser-traveled paths of modern music. Influenced in equal parts by Ash Ra Tempel, Erkin Koray, Popol Vuh, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, and dozens others, this is very likely the closest Grails will ever get to making a classic rock record; the kind of sprawling masterpiece that you savor for years before passing it on to your younger brother so he can repeat the process.

credits

released April 24, 2007

Wm Zak Riles - electric guitar, acoustic guitars, banjo, oud, pedal steel track 6, drums (track 8)

Emil Amos - drums, tapes, keyboards, electric guitars, acoustic guitar, melodica, acoustic guitar (track 8)

Alex John Hall - electric guitar, samples

William Slater - bass guitar, piano, organ, Rhodes, harpsichord

with:

Dylan Rice-Leary - harmonica

Cory Gray - trumpet, baritone horn

Kate O'Brien - violin

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Recorded by Wm. Zak Riles at Type Foundry Studio in Portland, Oregon.


Track 6 recorded by Steve Lobdell at Audible Alchemy

Additional recording/mixing by Emil Amos and Alex Hall

Mixed by Jeff Stuart Saltzman

Mastered by Carl Saff

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Wm. Zak Riles Shelbyville, Kentucky

Zak Riles (Grails/Watter) is a cinematic ascent through dark space, volatile illumination, reflection and refraction.

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