Secret Of Life

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Cat No: WNMCD02

Release Date: 13 April 2015

Label: Wicked Nature Music

Packaging Type: Jewel Case

No of Units: 1

Barcode: 9324690113163

Genres: Rock Alternative

Description
Craig Nicholls (The Vines) new solo project White Shadows. The album has been produced by Nick Littlemore from Empire of the Sun and his brother Sam Littlemore. It was engineered and mixed by Nick Launay (Arcade Fire, Yeah Yeah Yeahs). It features a cast of great musicians including the boys Jagwar Ma, Stella from Warpaint, Boy and Bear, Touch Sensitive, Jonti, Jim Mogine, Kirin J Callinan, and Tom from Papa v Pretty.

White Shadows formed thanks to a chance comment. Nick Littlemore - member of Empire of the Sun, Pnau, and producer to many - had read an interview with The Vines' Craig Nicholls, in which the frontman said he'd one day like to make an "electronic Fantasia" record. An unnatural concept to a public familiar with The Vine's raw rock, Littlemore was instantly attracted to the idea. "I thought it would be so cool to make an electronic record with someone with such a wild, colourful voice," says Littlemore. "We got in touch and it turned out he had this collection of songs he'd written. The music was very strong, very simplistic. So we talked about it a fair bit - what he wanted to do with it and where it could go."

Nicholls and Littlemore decided to reinvent the songs by blowing them up widescreen. "We wanted to make a transcendental experience," says Littlemore, "something that takes you out of the norm, which to me is what his voice does - make music to match that oversaturated feeling."

Gathering an all-star cast of over 40 musicians inside Sydney's 301 studios, legendary British post-punk producer Nick Launay was brought on board to attempt the near-impossible - record every musician in the room jamming to Nicholls' songs at the same time.

The result is White Shadows - an immersive celebration of a singular, colourful dynamic: the Littlemore brother's knack for blissed-out pop escapism and the redemptive streak of Nicholls confessionals
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