Black Foliage: Animation Music Volume One
album by The Olivia Tremor Control
Black Foliage: Animation Music Volume One (sometimes shortened to Black Foliage) is the second studio album by the American indie rock band the Olivia Tremor Control, released in 1999 through Flydaddy Records. It was re-released on vinyl in November 2011 through Chunklet.
The album's tone consists primarily of psychedelic rock deeply layered with various field recordings and found sounds with analog tape manipulation, as well as several noise collage tracks ranging in length from four seconds to over eleven minutes. There are five Black Foliage: Animation songs, which all feature the same melodic motif explored in several different directions, intertwined with heavy sonic experimentation. The album is heavily inspired by 1960s pop artists like the Beatles and the Beach Boys, particularly their later psychedelic work like Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and Pet Sounds, as well as the unreleased Smile.
Background
In the liner notes of their debut album Music from the Unrealized Film Script: Dusk at Cubist Castle, the Olivia Tremor Control asked their fans to send in tape recordings describing dreams they had, which are sampled in the album, most notably in "Combinations 2" and "Hilltop Procession (Momentum Gaining)". This request is also repeated in the liner notes for Black Foliage. According to band member Will Cullen Hart, the Animation tracks are intended to evoke imagery of animations.
Recording
According to the liner notes, Black Foliage was recorded on various 4 and 8 track tape between 1995 and 1998, with overdubs being recorded as the album was mixed over the course of 5 weeks in the summer of 1998 with producer Robert Schneider.
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