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Mekons - Exquisite (2020) [Official Digital Download]

Posted By: delpotro
Date: 19 Jul 2023 13:46:30
Mekons - Exquisite (2020) [Official Digital Download]

Mekons - Exquisite (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44,1 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 36:24 minutes | 403 MB
Folk Rock, Tex-Mex, Dub | Label: Glitterbeat Records, Official Digital Download

“Mekons fight off the darkness with stout hearts and great songs on Exquisite…Recorded remotely during the pandemic, the eternally enduring post-punk crew’s latest is a fine addition to their enormous catalog…We’re living through history; it’s a blessing to have Mekons along for the ride.” – Rolling Stone

“Mekons balance digital distortion with sonic tips of the hat to Tex-Mex rock, spaghetti-Western soundtracks and Black Ark dub. Chaotic and astute, Exquisite is a vivid screenshot of the time in which it’s been made.” – Magnet

“Exquisite is jolly good; like a one-disc Sandinista! — rough-hewn, stylistically and culturally diverse, uplifting in spirit and wittily weird (or is that weirdly witty).” – Trouser Press

Hunkered down and unable to record together, in 2020 the MEKONS created a glorious digital chain letter of an album. Exquisite is a sprawling manifesto of connection and defiance that deftly slides through fiddle tunes, digi-dub, fireside ballads and urgent rock & roll. And that’s just side A.

The original recording plan was to have been the whole-band-in-a-room session in Valencia, Spain. When the pandemic rendered that impossible the process took a sharp swerve. The album credits describe it this way:

‘Exquisite’ was recorded in lockdown on mobile phones, broken cassette recorders, clay tablets & other ancient technologies in Aptos, Chicago, London, Los Angeles, New York & Devon.

This legendary group from Leeds, have written contemporary music history for the last 40 years as radical innovators of both first generation punk and insurgent roots music, and Exquisite is another powerful vector of that legacy.

Tracklist:
01. Se Reveló el Cadáver (Intro)
02. Escalera
03. West Yorks Ballad
04. The Inhuman
05. Nobody
06. Buried Treasure
07. Exquisite
08. What Happened to Delilah?
09. What I Believe at Night
10. Corn & Grain
11. Drink the New Wine

foobar2000 1.4.1 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2023-07-19 14:30:12

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Analyzed: Mekons / EXQUISITE
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR11 -1.01 dB -16.79 dB 0:52 01-Se Reveló el Cadáver (Intro)
DR8 -0.31 dB -10.71 dB 5:14 02-Escalera
DR7 -0.32 dB -9.30 dB 3:55 03-West Yorks Ballad
DR7 -0.31 dB -8.65 dB 2:54 04-The Inhuman
DR7 -0.31 dB -9.64 dB 3:38 05-Nobody
DR8 -0.31 dB -10.88 dB 3:55 06-Buried Treasure
DR7 -0.30 dB -9.78 dB 4:16 07-Exquisite
DR6 -0.31 dB -7.41 dB 3:56 08-What Happened to Delilah?
DR7 -0.31 dB -9.68 dB 2:06 09-What I Believe at Night
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Number of tracks: 9
Official DR value: DR7

Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 1654 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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Statistics for: 10-Corn & Grain
Number of samples: 7922496
Duration: 3:00
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Left Right

Peak Value: -0.31 dB –- -0.31 dB
Avg RMS: -10.75 dB –- -10.30 dB
DR channel: 8.74 dB –- 8.22 dB
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Official DR Value: DR8

Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 894 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Statistics for: 11-Drink the New Wine
Number of samples: 7056000
Duration: 2:40
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Left Right

Peak Value: -0.30 dB –- -0.30 dB
Avg RMS: -12.81 dB –- -12.31 dB
DR channel: 9.84 dB –- 9.95 dB
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Official DR Value: DR10

Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 1371 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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