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All Things Being Equal

Name: All Things Being Equal
Brand: Sonic Boom
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Sonic Boom

The second solo album--and first since 1990--from founding Spacemen 3 member Sonic Boom is here on magenta vinyl.

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color	Magenta
foil stamped	Yes
numbered	Yes

Other Features

download code	Yes
exclusive	VMP Exclusive
extras	12"x12" Foil Insert with Artwork by Marco Papiro
jacket style	Mirror Board
jacket type	Single
label	Carpark
mastering engineer	Paul Mac
mastering studio	Hardgroove Mastering
pressing location	Precision Record Pressing (PRP)
release type	New Release

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1lp

format

2020

original release year

33¹/₃

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speed

300

total pressing quantity

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weight

Description

In the years since Spacemen 3 broke up and his first solo album, Spectrum, Sonic Boom has worked with a who's who of sonically pushing indie rock bands, from MGMT to Beach House and Panda Bear, and toured and performed intermittently. He recently decided to make his return to solo work, with All Things Being Equal. Sonic Boom’s second album and first for Carpark began in 2015 as electronic jams. The original sketches of electronic patterns, sequenced out of modular synths, were so appealing that Stereolab’s Tim Gane encouraged Kember to release them instrumentally.

“I nearly did,” confesses Kember, “but the vibe in them was so strong that I couldn't resist trying to ice the cake.” Three years later, a move to Portugal saw him dusting off the backing tracks, adding vocals inspired by Sam Cooke, The Sandpipers, and the Everly Brothers (which he admits “don’t go far from the turntable pile”), as well as speculative, ominous spoken word segments. His new home Sintra’s parks and gardens provided a different visual context for Kember’s thoughtful observations, and he thematically incorporated sunshine and nature as well as global protests into the ten resulting tracks.

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Tracklist

LP 1 / Side A

Just Imagine

Just a Little Piece of Me

Things Like This (A Little Bit Deeper)

Spinning Coins and Wishing on Clovers

My Echo

LP 1 / Side B

On a Summer’s Day

The Way That You Live

Tawkin Tekno

I Can See Light Bend

I Feel a Change Coming On

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Spacemen 3’s Peter Kember On Analog Synths, Plant Life, And His New Album as Sonic Boom

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