Dream Boat & Ʌ - True Love (2010)

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Dream Boat & Ʌ - True Love (2010)

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Dream Boat
01. Baby Youth
02. No Air
03. White Want
04. Fervor
05. OhK (with Rabiecakes)
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06. CASTS
07. INFINITY BEACH
08. IDLE ROOK
09. A SPARROW
10. VRYBODY

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Second split from Dream Boat and Arc (after "Palm"). The artwork for this release was designed to resemble vinyl labels - possibly there was a wax version considered for it? Who knows, AMDISCS were all over the place in their early days.
Dream Boat here are, in my opinion, at their weakest when taking into account their whole discography. Ironically their side doesn't suck at all, but I've heard a lot better tracks from the duo. The production is quite minimal, lo-fi witchy tunes with some ephemeral elements sprinkled over them. "White Want" made me think of FAMILY's stuff in a way, which is funny because Um†haka†hi came out a month after this split. "OhK" is a cover of SALEM, quite decent actually. I also quite like "No Air", and NOT dislike "Baby Youth" ;) "Fervor" is the lowest point here, mostly because of that weak synth.
Ʌ is a national treasure, whether crooning over a wobbly synth on "Casts", slowly singing on minimal electro on "Idle Rook" or playing a folky ballad "A Sparrow". Like Dream Boat, he also wraps up his side with a cover - "VRYBODY" is an joyful take on Tears For Fears' "Everybody Wants To Rule The World". Love it.

Interestingly the "back" cover has different tracklist for Xavier's side, I still wonder whether he renamed "Pompeii". As far as I know it was never released.

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