Complicity, by Thirteen

Complicity

by Thirteen

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1.	Like Films Played Backwards 04:37	buy track
2.	Sorry 05:12	buy track
3.	You Know Nothing 03:44	buy track
4.	Redefined Again 03:56	buy track
5.	Falsehoods and Brevity 04:56	buy track
6.	Some Men Would Sink 04:12	buy track
7.	In No Sense (parts 1 & 2) 06:46	buy track
8.	Letters Get Burned 04:46	buy track
9.	When It Speaks 06:00	buy track
10.	Without Fail 04:52	buy track
11.	In The End 02:34	buy track

about

'Complicity' is the fourth full-length album by Dublin musician/producer Cormac Phelan, and the third under the moniker 'Thirteen'.

It's not clear why I'm still doing this, but I am.

'Complicity' is a tight, focused and deeply satisfying execution of the many stylistic hallmarks of Thirteen's output; dark, minor-key moods from earlier slowcore recordings, close-miked and intimate vocal performances, woozy guitar textures, and an overall unapologetic melancholy. These, and many other, characteristic features are brought together in a much more structured, coherent and impactful way than ever before.

'Complicity' was self-recorded from 2012 to 2017 in Dublin, Connemara and the Mourne mountains. The remote locations were chosen for recording most of the vocals and louder guitar parts, probably with some misguided sense of rural romanticism, but in reality the sessions were isolating and weird. It turns out music is probably better recorded in some kind of studio, so that's how the rest
of the album was recorded.

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released November 26, 2017

All tracks were written, performed, recorded, mixed and mastered by
Cormac Phelan in Dublin, Connemara and Rostrevor from 2012 to 2017

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Thirteen Dublin, Ireland

Messy, woozy, homemade music from Dublin, Ireland

discography

Resolve

Dec 2019
While Raw

May 2018
Complicity

Nov 2017
A Limited Vocabulary

Jan 2009
Free Sampler EP

Jan 2009
Come Back

Jun 2007

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