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    Alabaster DePlume A Blade Because A Blade Is Whole

    International Anthem
    • New LP (Coloured Vinyl) IARC90LPI£26.99
      Expected 07 MarPreorder
    • LP IARC90LP£23.99
      Expected 07 MarPreorder
    • CD IARC90CD£13.99
      Expected 07 MarPreorder
      • 1. Oh My Actual Days
      • 2. Thank You My Pain
      • 3. Invincibility
      • 4. Form a V
      • 5. A Paper Man
      • 6. Who Are You Telling, Gus
      • 7. Prayer For My Sovereign Dignity
      • 8. Kuzushi
      • 9. Salty Road Dogs Victory Anthem
      • 10. Too True
      • 11. That Was My Garden

      A Blade Because A Blade Is Whole is the latest album from London-based composer-poet-activist-improviser Alabaster DePlume, his first major work following 2022’s GOLD and 2020's To Cy & Lee: Instrumentals Vol 1.

      The 11-song album covers all of DePlume’s musical touchstones: lush and gentle instrumentals informed by ghostly ancient folk melodies; groove-focused rhythm explorations as a bed for self-searching spoken declamations; sweeping and beautiful string arrangements (in this case by Macie Stewart) set against his trademark vibrato-infused tenor sax whispermoan.

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      • – What Can It Take 
      • – To That Voice And Say 
      • – Greek Honey Slick (feat. Tom Skinner) 
      • – Give Me Away 
      • – Fall On Flowers 
      • – Did You Know (feat. Momoko Gill) 
      • – Levels Of Human 
      • – Not Even Sobbing 
      • – The Best Thing In The World 
      • – Naked Like Water (feat. Donna Thompson) 
      • – Broken Again