
July 21, 2009 - 01:58 PM
So we've got stock on Nadja's Radiance of Shadows, Touched, and Truth Becomes Death.Each is a 2XLP limited to 750 copies. Though Nadja's a Toronto-based band, they're now living in Berlin and the vinyl editions of these records (gorgeously packaged) were put out by Belgian label Conspiracy Records, so not only are they limited, they're imports. The artwork on each includes embossed outersleeves with cut-out and heavy full colour innersleeves with pictures by Seldon Hunt.
Pitchfork gives Radiance of Shadows an 8.2 outta 10 and says it's Nadja's "best album to date" and I have to say I agree. This is not weak praise as the duo has released some terrific stuff. Pitchfork continues, saying it's "a series of warm-ups, cool-downs, and sprints that turn those sounds into a dramatic marathon through steep hills. A vortex of instability ... exhausting."
Of Touched, Pitchfork says: "as strident as it is meticulous, its Swans sense of purpose and volume attached to an almost symphonic use of motion. Even when things are still, there's an intense undercurrent just below the surface. That's as true in classical music as it is in some of the best noise, and on the explosive Touched, Nadja bridges its taste for both." They give it a 7.9.
Truth Becomes Death gets a 7.5: "Heavy and abstract, Nadja plow the increasingly popular territory being laid out between slow metal and staticy ambiance."
We only brought in a couple of each of the albums so if you want them, act now. We can't get more stock on these. Both Touched and Truth Becomes Death are out of print so you can't get them thru the label. Radiance of Shadows is still in print as it's a recent pressing. However, it's 16 Euro, which is about $25, but then there's shipping... we're selling each for $24.99.

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