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White Marble Heyday (Album, 2011)

by Benedict Moleta

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Sleeper 03:21
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HQ-HZ 06:19
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Thickening 04:42
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Green Leaves 04:10
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Blood-borne 07:04
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Salmon Brick 05:18
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Black Ribbon 04:09
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Lupins 03:18
Song words: Have a look at this picture under the light Of an empty block with the weeds head high The yellow builder's sand in a conical pile The heavy air muffling your mind And the lupins tall and serpentine If we restore this black Commodore Would the cassette deck still work? And if it did what's the first thing you'd look for: Jack and Diane? Steve Miller Band? Cowgirl in the Sand? Or Starman? Is this the same town? Kind of, kind of not What makes you feel like it's changed? All of these cranes covering the sky The houses all fashionable grey The security lights all clicking outside Keeping you awake But you still get this prickling homecoming heat Trapped inside the sweat between the hairs behind your knees Flat on your stomach when you are half asleep Your limbs are at rest and your mind is replete
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Benedict Moleta's sixth album, released October 2011.
Reviews:

"Perth's quiet achiever has once again lived up to his prolific tag with a second 13-track effort in as many years, after 2010's Timesheet.

White Marble Heyday plays out in two halves, the first dominated by the minimalism of Moleta and Jonathan Brain on some textural lead parts and a second half punctuated by more of the full band sound that has characterised his recordings and live shows of recent years. Both generate plenty of highlights, and Moleta's wonderful turn of phrase is as observant and incisive as ever.

HQ-HZ wonders "Are you trying to ape the confidence you had as a child," before swelling into the record's most rousing moment.
Thickening generously addresses "one of those people that they say is ageing gracefully". And when Moleta "jumped ship' and "ended up in a condemned flat under the Sheraton" on Salmon Brick, there's something so uniquely local about it that you'll want to drive past and take a look."
-The West Australian

"If the average human being had even the most rudimentary ability to play guitar and write whimsical poetry like Benedict Moleta, photo albums would probably be of little use. Thankfully, we are vain as a human species and can't play much good music off the bat. This makes Moleta a very unique kind of guy, a photographer of Perth suburbia, and ultimately an important contributor to the Western Australian music scene as he continues to involve other musicians with his work. He even runs his own homebaked songwriters' club.

Sure, his style doesn't vary much - his softly spoken nuances are just like Belle & Sebastian's Stuart Murdoch's (minus the whole Scottish thing), and his thought-stream prose could easily by a by-product of the same cloud of joint smoke that birthed Joanna Newsom's Sawdust And Diamonds. I guess what I'm really trying to say is, will somebody nominate this guy Australian of the Year already?"
-Rave Magazine

"White Marble Heyday is another chapter in the Benedict Moleta canon and, yet again, speaks to the human experience with remarkable insight and intimacy."
-Drum Media

credits

released October 2, 2011

Jonathan Brain – electric, acoustic and nylon string guitars (tracks 1-5)
Daniel Marano – electric guitar (track 6)
Harry Kneen – bass
Sam Scherr – electric guitar and backing vocal
Lily Sumich: drums
Lorraine Sumich: keyboards and backing vocal
Benedict Moleta – acoustic guitar, nylon guitar and singing

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Benedict Moleta Perth, Australia

Benedict Moleta began playing solo shows in 2001 and released his first music in 2002. He has worked in lots of collaborative formats, as well as continuing to play solo. These configurations are represented on his 8 albums and various other releases.

Official video channel is:
m.youtube.com/channel/UCE_rjpxZaaQYLSZ9Wep7KDg

Back catalogue is also on Spotify and Apple Music.
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