Gift - Illuminator (Vinyl LP, White Glow w/ Black Dot)

Gift - Illuminator (Vinyl LP, White Glow w/ Black Dot)Illuminator, GIFT's sophomore album and first with label Captured Tracks, is the long awaited payoff of GIFT's ever growing musical and human chemistry. Nods are apparent to label forerunners such as Beach Fossils, DIIV and Wild Nothing, but GIFT are shepherding those elements into wondrous new vessels for the present moment sleek, often danceable and frequently mesmerizing.

personal interests and daring creativity

Style:         Hardcore Hip-Hop

" explains Murphy

the album swept the Grammy Awards in 1999

' In the interim between the two monumental projects

New York in late March 1961

' Composer Dustin Payseur peppers the album equally with descriptions of the joy of fatherhood and the existential pleasure of smoking cigarettes out of a car window with friends-'Bunny' features Beach Fossils' most personal lyrics to-date

Phil Upchurch

"As music listeners

or monster mash

minimum wages

True-crime inspired stories and tales of Hollywood and the Chateau Marmont rub shoulders with some of the band's most personal moments to-date The album was created after a period of rest for the band following their seismic world tour in support of previous record RELAXER