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Tomorrow The Rain Will Fall Upwards
12+ albums
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Who or what is Tomorrow the Rain Will Fall Upwards? A he, a she, a they, an it? Someone, no one, anyone, everyone… Blackest Ever Black's most cloistered and curiously monikered project, which first broke cover in 2014 with a 10" offering of two “elegies in dub”, returns with Wreck His Days: a long-player of unexpected scale, complexity and political passion. It doesn't feel like a band per se, but it feels collaborative. Certain vocal and instrumental parts are credited to named personnel, among them Conrad Standish, Jonnine Standish, Genevieve McGuckin and Lucas Santanna; the ghosts of Les Baxter, Rowland S. Howard, Nina Simone and Daevid Allen seem to be present in the album's make-up too. Structurally, if not musically, it echoes the grand collective statements of This Mortal Coil or Massive Attack. And yet the absolute coherence of the album, its thematic unity, suggests the work of an auteur – an individual with a precise and totalising vision. Maybe, maybe not. If this album originates in one person's imagination, they evidently prefer to remain hidden – possibly in plain view. While Wreck His Days' authorship is ambiguous, its content is not. It's an overtly politicised album, with a frank endorsement of socialist values, a dedication to women who have fought oppression throughout history, references to the Spanish Civil War and the UK Miners' Strike, and an overarching belief in the international ideal: in fact the closing 'Rosa / Kollontai' explicitly invokes the I
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Wreck His Days
How Great A Fame Has Departed?
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...And I Tried So Hard
Stupid as a painter thick as a sculptor: Blackest Ever Black "Singles" 2016
How Great A Fame Has Departed
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[blackest025] Tomorrow The Rain Will Fall Upwards - How Great A Fame Has Departed (2014)
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How Great A Fame Has Departed? (10")
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Wreck His Days (2016, Blackest Ever Black)
Noël Noir Vol. 2
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BLACKEST025 - How Great A Fame Has Departed?
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Stupid As A Painter Thick As A Sculptor
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How Great A Fame Has Departed? (12'')