Astralwerks / Emd
2006
Dreamt For Light Years In The Belly Of A Mountain
About This Album
Mark Linkous has always taken a generous amount of time to deliver new Sparklehorse albums. There was a nearly four-year gap between Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot and Good Morning Spider (which was understandable, as recovering from a near-fatal accidental overdose tends to take some time), and while the two and a half years between that album and 2001's It's a Wonderful Life were closer to the norm for most artists, the time period was still sizable. The five-year span between It's a Wonderful Life and Dreamt for Light Years in the Belly of a Mountain wasn't just sizable, it was long enough to raise expectations of what the album could deliver to unreasonable levels. Early reports that Linkous was going to collaborate with forward-thinking producer/electronic artist Fennesz on the album did nothing to sink those expectations either (as it happened, the pair teamed up for some live dates, but not in the studio). Despite the wait, Dreamt for Light Years in the Belly of a Mountain ends up feeling like quintessential Sparklehorse: there are some driving, searching rockers ("Ghost in the Sky"); some otherworldly ballads ("Return to Me"); lots of mellow, thoughtful pop; and just as many lyrics overflowing with images of honey, flowers, dirt, ghosts, and (of course) horses.
Track List (try tracks 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 and 9)

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