Marty O'Reilly & the Old Soul Orchestra - Stereoscope (2018)
Marty O'Reilly & the Old Soul Orchestra - Stereoscope (2018)
folk, blues, acoustic | 52:42 min | WEB FLAC (tracks) | 308 MB
Label: Self Records
folk, blues, acoustic | 52:42 min | WEB FLAC (tracks) | 308 MB
Label: Self Records
Just when you think American roots music should be relegated to the dusty confines of a purist’s museum it will surprise you with a paradigm shift. Take Marty O’Reilly & the Old Soul Orchestra— passing through tradition, the quartet stumbled upon innovation, proving that old souls can be creatively fresh.
The Santa Cruz, California-based quartet’s latest, Stereoscope, out February 9, 2018, marks an evolutionary leap in a journey of artistic identity, songwriting maturity, band friendship and fiery group synergy. Here, Marty O’Reilly & the Old Soul Orchestra homed in on their signature cosmic roots aesthetic, brimming with cinematic songcraft, impressionistic lyrics, clever arrangements, telepathic ensemble interplay, and soulfully world-weary vocals. Imagine the delta blues reprised by psychedelic indie rockers.
“My whole career has been based on better understanding what’s real and important in artistry, and what is bull#$%,” says Marty. “When you weed out all the excess, the little thing that is left is you.”
Marty O’Reilly & the Old Soul Orchestra features Marty on electrified resonator guitar and vocals, Chris Lynch on violin and keys, Ben Berry on upright bass, and Matt Goff on drums and percussion. The group specializes in roots music with evocative lyrics that are conceptually cryptic, relying on imagery and symbols to convey emotion. Artistic touchstones for the group include John Lee Hooker, Howlin’ Wolf, the darkly cathartic oeuvre of Tom Waits, and the experimental arrangements of Radiohead.
The album represents the maturation of artists shedding hero worship and embracing the creativity within. These new frontiers are characterized by a heartfelt purity in Marty’s vocals, the tracks’ unique and richly expressive chord structures and progressions, a shift in narrative perspectives to a more observational bend, and emotionally dynamic arrangements that are beautifully arresting, often beginning with sparse simplicity and then reaching lush and fully orchestrated climaxes with sensitive group interplay.
The 11-song album opens with “Firmament,” which eases in with delicately eerie ambience and sparse musical accompaniment, revealing all the soulful nuances and inflections in Marty’s voice. The song soars forward with an impactful arrangement as the full band joins in with rich and varied musicality, including a dazzling drum and percussive break and a violin solo as brilliantly fractured as a cubist painting. The album’s third track, the haunting “Ghost,” is a swampy ambient blues that uses the phenomena of sleep paralysis as an intriguing metaphor for vulnerability. The standout album single “Off and On Again” offers sweet yearning for a détente after a lover’s quarrel. Other album highlights include a rendition of Skip James’ blues classic “Hard Time Killing Floor” with chillingly beautiful new music to accompany the haunting traditional lyrics, and the three stirring, but challenging, instrumentally-driven songs that conclude the album and recall fringe jazz guitarist’s Bill Frisell’s evocations of dustbowl Americana with futuristic ambience.
Stereoscope is no doubt a milestone entry for Marty O’Reilly & the Old Soul Orchestra, offering forth the band’s most assured and mature release to date. “We put our heart and soul into this album,” shares Marty. “It’s the album I’ve always wanted to make— one that ten years later I can still be proud of. Making it has made me feel whole, and brought me a lot of joy.”
Tracklist:
01. Marty O'Reilly & the Old Soul Orchestra - Firmament
02. Marty O'Reilly & the Old Soul Orchestra - Southern Road
03. Marty O'Reilly & the Old Soul Orchestra - Ghost
04. Marty O'Reilly & the Old Soul Orchestra - Fish in a Rut
05. Marty O'Reilly & the Old Soul Orchestra - Come and Go Heartbeat
06. Marty O'Reilly & the Old Soul Orchestra - Hard Time Killing Floor
07. Marty O'Reilly & the Old Soul Orchestra - Stereoscope
08. Marty O'Reilly & the Old Soul Orchestra - Off and on Again
09. Marty O'Reilly & the Old Soul Orchestra - Let the Wind In
10. Marty O'Reilly & the Old Soul Orchestra - Battlefields
11. Marty O'Reilly & the Old Soul Orchestra - Spacehorse
fooCDtect - foobar2000 + auCDtect, baralgin.
auCDtect: CD records authenticity detector, version 0.8.2
Copyright © 2004 Oleg Berngardt. All rights reserved.
Copyright © 2004 Alexander Djourik. All rights reserved.
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Detected average hi-cut frequency: 2.136494e+004 Hz
Detected average lo-cut frequency: 7.407113e+003 Hz
Maximum probablis boundary frequency: 2.189100e+004 Hz
Coefficient of nonlinearity of a phase: 8.495988e-001
First order smothness: 3.337313e-001
Second order smothness: 6.101493e-001
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Track: 02. Marty O'Reilly & the Old Soul Orchestra - Southern Road
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Detected average lo-boundary frequency: 1.325864e+004 Hz
Detected average hi-cut frequency: 2.070343e+004 Hz
Detected average lo-cut frequency: 6.651216e+003 Hz
Maximum probablis boundary frequency: 2.189100e+004 Hz
Coefficient of nonlinearity of a phase: 6.983868e-001
First order smothness: 3.774008e-001
Second order smothness: 5.797055e-001
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Track: 01. Marty O'Reilly & the Old Soul Orchestra - Firmament
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Detected average hi-cut frequency: 2.065616e+004 Hz
Detected average lo-cut frequency: 8.084139e+003 Hz
Maximum probablis boundary frequency: 2.189100e+004 Hz
Coefficient of nonlinearity of a phase: 4.471764e-001
First order smothness: 4.146408e-001
Second order smothness: 5.599563e-001
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Track: 04. Marty O'Reilly & the Old Soul Orchestra - Fish in a Rut
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Detected average hi-cut frequency: 2.103908e+004 Hz
Detected average lo-cut frequency: 8.001657e+003 Hz
Maximum probablis boundary frequency: 2.189100e+004 Hz
Coefficient of nonlinearity of a phase: 3.036529e-001
First order smothness: 3.546835e-001
Second order smothness: 5.649759e-001
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Track: 05. Marty O'Reilly & the Old Soul Orchestra - Come and Go Heartbeat
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Detected average hi-cut frequency: 2.090051e+004 Hz
Detected average lo-cut frequency: 9.572221e+003 Hz
Maximum probablis boundary frequency: 2.189100e+004 Hz
Coefficient of nonlinearity of a phase: 8.249223e-001
First order smothness: 3.614421e-001
Second order smothness: 5.875344e-001
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Track: 06. Marty O'Reilly & the Old Soul Orchestra - Hard Time Killing Floor
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Detected average lo-cut frequency: 8.697479e+003 Hz
Maximum probablis boundary frequency: 2.189100e+004 Hz
Coefficient of nonlinearity of a phase: 6.318493e-001
First order smothness: 3.930371e-001
Second order smothness: 5.487861e-001
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Track: 07. Marty O'Reilly & the Old Soul Orchestra - Stereoscope
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Maximum probablis boundary frequency: 2.189100e+004 Hz
Coefficient of nonlinearity of a phase: 1.016872e+000
First order smothness: 3.850267e-001
Second order smothness: 6.193772e-001
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Track: 08. Marty O'Reilly & the Old Soul Orchestra - Off and on Again
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Detected average hi-boundary frequency: 2.019568e+004 Hz
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Detected average hi-cut frequency: 2.117207e+004 Hz
Detected average lo-cut frequency: 7.594697e+003 Hz
Maximum probablis boundary frequency: 2.189100e+004 Hz
Coefficient of nonlinearity of a phase: 7.582877e-001
First order smothness: 3.882693e-001
Second order smothness: 5.708385e-001
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Track: 09. Marty O'Reilly & the Old Soul Orchestra - Let the Wind In
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Detected average hi-cut frequency: 2.117809e+004 Hz
Detected average lo-cut frequency: 9.073880e+003 Hz
Maximum probablis boundary frequency: 2.189100e+004 Hz
Coefficient of nonlinearity of a phase: 3.325438e-001
First order smothness: 3.848230e-001
Second order smothness: 6.073785e-001
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Track: 10. Marty O'Reilly & the Old Soul Orchestra - Battlefields
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Detected average lo-cut frequency: 8.366056e+003 Hz
Maximum probablis boundary frequency: 2.189100e+004 Hz
Coefficient of nonlinearity of a phase: 7.335132e-001
First order smothness: 3.889740e-001
Second order smothness: 6.346095e-001
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Track: 11. Marty O'Reilly & the Old Soul Orchestra - Spacehorse
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Detected average lo-cut frequency: 1.348872e+004 Hz
Maximum probablis boundary frequency: 2.189100e+004 Hz
Coefficient of nonlinearity of a phase: 6.176542e-001
First order smothness: 4.447250e-001
Second order smothness: 6.661055e-001
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auCDtect: CD records authenticity detector, version 0.8.2
Copyright © 2004 Oleg Berngardt. All rights reserved.
Copyright © 2004 Alexander Djourik. All rights reserved.
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Track: 03. Marty O'Reilly & the Old Soul Orchestra - Ghost
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Detected average hi-cut frequency: 2.136494e+004 Hz
Detected average lo-cut frequency: 7.407113e+003 Hz
Maximum probablis boundary frequency: 2.189100e+004 Hz
Coefficient of nonlinearity of a phase: 8.495988e-001
First order smothness: 3.337313e-001
Second order smothness: 6.101493e-001
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Track: 02. Marty O'Reilly & the Old Soul Orchestra - Southern Road
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Detected average lo-boundary frequency: 1.325864e+004 Hz
Detected average hi-cut frequency: 2.070343e+004 Hz
Detected average lo-cut frequency: 6.651216e+003 Hz
Maximum probablis boundary frequency: 2.189100e+004 Hz
Coefficient of nonlinearity of a phase: 6.983868e-001
First order smothness: 3.774008e-001
Second order smothness: 5.797055e-001
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Track: 01. Marty O'Reilly & the Old Soul Orchestra - Firmament
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Detected average hi-cut frequency: 2.065616e+004 Hz
Detected average lo-cut frequency: 8.084139e+003 Hz
Maximum probablis boundary frequency: 2.189100e+004 Hz
Coefficient of nonlinearity of a phase: 4.471764e-001
First order smothness: 4.146408e-001
Second order smothness: 5.599563e-001
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Track: 04. Marty O'Reilly & the Old Soul Orchestra - Fish in a Rut
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Detected average hi-cut frequency: 2.103908e+004 Hz
Detected average lo-cut frequency: 8.001657e+003 Hz
Maximum probablis boundary frequency: 2.189100e+004 Hz
Coefficient of nonlinearity of a phase: 3.036529e-001
First order smothness: 3.546835e-001
Second order smothness: 5.649759e-001
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Track: 05. Marty O'Reilly & the Old Soul Orchestra - Come and Go Heartbeat
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Detected average hi-cut frequency: 2.090051e+004 Hz
Detected average lo-cut frequency: 9.572221e+003 Hz
Maximum probablis boundary frequency: 2.189100e+004 Hz
Coefficient of nonlinearity of a phase: 8.249223e-001
First order smothness: 3.614421e-001
Second order smothness: 5.875344e-001
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Track: 06. Marty O'Reilly & the Old Soul Orchestra - Hard Time Killing Floor
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Detected average hi-cut frequency: 2.045478e+004 Hz
Detected average lo-cut frequency: 8.697479e+003 Hz
Maximum probablis boundary frequency: 2.189100e+004 Hz
Coefficient of nonlinearity of a phase: 6.318493e-001
First order smothness: 3.930371e-001
Second order smothness: 5.487861e-001
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Track: 07. Marty O'Reilly & the Old Soul Orchestra - Stereoscope
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Detected average hi-cut frequency: 2.119854e+004 Hz
Detected average lo-cut frequency: 8.945311e+003 Hz
Maximum probablis boundary frequency: 2.189100e+004 Hz
Coefficient of nonlinearity of a phase: 1.016872e+000
First order smothness: 3.850267e-001
Second order smothness: 6.193772e-001
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Track: 08. Marty O'Reilly & the Old Soul Orchestra - Off and on Again
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Detected average lo-boundary frequency: 1.316360e+004 Hz
Detected average hi-cut frequency: 2.117207e+004 Hz
Detected average lo-cut frequency: 7.594697e+003 Hz
Maximum probablis boundary frequency: 2.189100e+004 Hz
Coefficient of nonlinearity of a phase: 7.582877e-001
First order smothness: 3.882693e-001
Second order smothness: 5.708385e-001
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Track: 09. Marty O'Reilly & the Old Soul Orchestra - Let the Wind In
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Detected average hi-cut frequency: 2.117809e+004 Hz
Detected average lo-cut frequency: 9.073880e+003 Hz
Maximum probablis boundary frequency: 2.189100e+004 Hz
Coefficient of nonlinearity of a phase: 3.325438e-001
First order smothness: 3.848230e-001
Second order smothness: 6.073785e-001
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Track: 10. Marty O'Reilly & the Old Soul Orchestra - Battlefields
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Detected average hi-cut frequency: 2.074902e+004 Hz
Detected average lo-cut frequency: 8.366056e+003 Hz
Maximum probablis boundary frequency: 2.189100e+004 Hz
Coefficient of nonlinearity of a phase: 7.335132e-001
First order smothness: 3.889740e-001
Second order smothness: 6.346095e-001
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Track: 11. Marty O'Reilly & the Old Soul Orchestra - Spacehorse
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Detected average lo-cut frequency: 1.348872e+004 Hz
Maximum probablis boundary frequency: 2.189100e+004 Hz
Coefficient of nonlinearity of a phase: 6.176542e-001
First order smothness: 4.447250e-001
Second order smothness: 6.661055e-001
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