The Optimist

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No Division’ EP barely 18 months ago. On the album, they’re sharper, more focused, but it’s still an emotionally exhausting ride. Olly is blessed with a voice which can harshly twang and softly croon, often simultaneously, can register naivety and crushing world-weariness in the same phrase. The nuance of the line “making me breathe again” in stand-out ‘Emergency 72’ is enough to break your heart. After a spell of listening to The Optimist LP, I shamefully boarded a plane to Ireland. There, on the green, grassy runway, were two young men playing acoustic guitars. Sure enough, it was Turin Brakes. I grabbed one-- it was Gale Paridjanian-- shook him and demanded, "Are you trying to con me? I really like your songs, but are they going to bore the pants off of my millions of readers?" Ward, Christian (5 March 2001). "Turin Brakes: The Optimist LP". NME. ISSN 0028-6362. Archived from the original on 26 March 2013 . Retrieved 5 January 2019. For now, this more than suffices. Coming up as the night comes down, coming down as the lights go up – and then when it’s all over, there’s ‘The Optimist LP’. It’s one of [I]those[/I] albums.

Browne, David (30 April 2001). " The Optimist LP". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 13 April 2019 . Retrieved 5 January 2019. The Optimist LP is the first full-length album release by Turin Brakes in 2001. "The Door" and "The Road" (previously released on The Door EP) were re-recorded for this album. Turin Brakes critically acclaimed debut album ‘The Optimist LP’ gets the re-issue treatment to celebrate its 20th Anniversary

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Kilian, Dan (17 July 2001). "Turin Brakes: The Optimist LP". Pitchfork . Retrieved 13 September 2011.

Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDFed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p.285. Costa, Maddy (31 March 2001). "Turin Brakes: The Optimist (Source)". The Guardian . Retrieved 5 January 2019.Turin Brakes' second album, Ether Song, was released on 3 March 2003. The album was a departure from the acoustic sound that had brought them success with their first album. The album was popular enough to reach number 4 in the UK Albums Chart upon its release [10] and to be certified Gold by the British Phonographic Industry four days after the release, on 7 March 2003. In 2014, the band played the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas and toured the United Kingdom, Italy, Ireland and the Netherlands. In 2015, the band started work on their seventh studio album. The Optimist LP’ will be re-released on Deluxe 2LP & 2CD on Two-Piers, a new Brighton label, now with a Bonus album of ‘Demos’ from the original sessions and New Artwork. The Album has been out of print on Vinyl for many years now.

Discography [ edit ] Studio albums [ edit ] List of albums, with selected details and chart positionsIt’s moments like that which endear you to Turin Brakes. The gentle strings in ‘Feeling Oblivion’. The gorgeous chime of Paradganian’s slide guitar on ‘The Door’. The desperate, claustrophobic descending melody of ‘Future Boy’. It’s like dustbowl folk music refracted through inner-city noise, bluesy, intimate comedown sounds invested with a surreal energy. Knights, Olly. "Guest Post: The changing face of music videos. Philip Bloom". Philipbloom.net. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012 . Retrieved 13 November 2012. Kimmitt, James (31 March 2001). "Album Review: Turin Brakes – The Optimist LP". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 6 January 2019 . Retrieved 5 January 2019. The album's commercial performance created some tension between the band and their label. In fact, between tours in the United States (their own headline tour and supporting David Gray) in the Summer of 2003, the band recorded a new single for a re-release of Ether Song with Tony Hoffer. The first re-release of Ether Song, featuring an orange version of the cover and single 5 Mile was released on 6 October 2003. 5 Mile charted higher than Average Man (no. 31 [12]) but was largely overlooked by UK radio stations. Overall, the album was re-released four times during its lifespan, [13] and received various bonus discs between regions and versions. The band was on record as being unhappy with the way the record company was treating them and the fans regarding the release. In March 2009, the band announced they would make their live return later in the year with two acoustic shows at Folk in the Barn in Canterbury in May. In June 2009, it was announced that the band would be releasing a 'Best Of' album, to mark the tenth anniversary of their debut single "The Door", along with a festival slot at Latitude in late-July and a headline performance at London Theatre Royal, Drury Lane the following September. [17] This album, Bottled at Source – The Best of the Source Years, was also their last album for the Source record label.