And Their Refinement of the Decline (2007)

About this title: After the near symphonic exercise of engaging the void that was Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid in 2001, it was hard to believe there was anything left to do. Wrong. Brian McBride and Adam Wiltzie emerged from the studio in early 2007 with the equally huge And Their Refinement of the Decline. The notion of symphonic here is, without doubt, still present, but not in any normal way. Over two very differently themed discs, and three LPs, Stars of the Lid engage long conceptual ideas from a place one can only call micro-minimalism. An obsession with drones fading in and out on all kinds of ... read more

Tracks:

1. Dungtitled (In A Major) [Wiltzie/McBride]
2. Articulate Silences, Pt. 1 [Wiltzie/McBride]
3. Articulate Silences, Pt. 2 [Wiltzie/McBride]
4. The Evil That Never Arrived [Wiltzie/McBride]
5. Apreludes (In C Sharp Major) [Wiltzie/McBride]
6. Don't Bother They're Here [Wiltzie/McBride]
7. Dopamine Clouds Over Craven Cottage [Wiltzie/McBride]
8. Even If You're Never Awake (Deuxième) [Wiltzie/McBride]
9. Even (Out) [Wiltzie/McBride]
10. A Meaningful Moment Through a Meaning(less) Process [Wiltzie/McBride]
11. Another Ballad for Heavy Lids [Wiltzie/McBride]
12. The Daughters of Quiet Minds [Wiltzie/McBride]
13. Hiberner Toujours [Wiltzie/McBride]
14. That Finger on Your Temple Is the Barrel of My Raygun [Wiltzie/McBride]
15. Humectez la Mouture [Wiltzie/McBride]
16. Tippy's Demise [Wiltzie/McBride]
17. The Mouthchew [Wiltzie/McBride]
18. December Hunting for Vegetarian Fuckface [Wiltzie/McBride]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.