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Ypres
Soundtrack / Score · 2014 · 6 tracks · 54m

Ypres

Tindersticks

An instrumental requiem for the Great War. Ghostly strings and hollow percussion create a heavy, immersive atmosphere of historical grief and quiet beauty.

October 17, 2014 · City Slang

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A heavy, respectful silence that feels like standing in a cold, empty cathedral dedicated to the fallen.

Tracklist · 6 Tracks · 54m
01
Whispering Guns Parts 1, 2 and 3
12:47
02
Ananas Et Poivre
4:21
03
La Guerre Souterraine
5:21
04
Gueules Cassées
2:36
05
Sunset Glow
8:39
06
The Third Battle of Ypres
20:32
Moments Worth Listening For
The slow emergence of the main theme in the opening twelve-minute suite, feeling like a memory surfacing from a fog.
The hollow, metallic percussion in Gueules Cassées that sounds like the rhythmic clanking of old machinery or distant artillery.
The twenty-minute closing movement where the strings reach a pitch of unbearable, sustained tension before finally dissolving into silence.
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Cathedral+4.0σ

Cathedral saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

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