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In A Poem Unlimited
ReleaseProduct
In A Poem Unlimited
Artist
U.S. Girls
Label
4AD
Catalogue Number
4AD0046DA
Release Date
February 16, 2018

Meg Remy’s second release for 4AD, In A Poem Unlimited, which includes single ‘Mad As Hell’ – a clarion call for pacifism – was tracked in collaboration with Toronto-based instrumental collective the Cosmic Range, and features arrangements by long-time contributors Maxmilian Turnbull and Louis Percival. The dizzying buffet of live grooves on In a Poem Unlimited represents an inversion of the dusty, sample-based minimal textures of Half Free, Remy’s euphoric 4AD debut. Steered into focus by Remy and mixer/co-producer Steve Chahley, Poem features disco employed as a protest vernacular (‘Mad As Hell’), as well as an unrelenting assault (‘Time’); moody, slow-burning funk (‘Velvet 4 Sale’ & ‘L-Over’) and earnest synth anthems ‘Rosebud’ and ‘Poem’, which form the album’s emotional core.

Poem features dark meditations reflecting charged atmospheres that directly precede and follow acts of violence. Many of the songs are character studies of women grappling with power; how to gain and exert it spiritually, as well as desperate strategies to mitigate its infliction. Remy also rallies against the public lies told by political and religious leaders, and more crucially, questions the lies we tell ourselves in order to survive. While U.S. Girls, denoting the plural, is no longer a misnomer, In A Poem Unlimited may be Remy’s most individually distilled protest to date.

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Digital Tracklist

  1. 1 Velvet 4 Sale 3:44 Buy

    Velvet 4 Sale

  2. 2 Rage of Plastics 4:27 Buy

    Rage of Plastics

  3. 3 M.A.H. 2:54 Buy

    M.A.H.

  4. 4 Why Do I Lose My Voice When I Have Something to Say 0:25 Buy

    Why Do I Lose My Voice When I Have Something to Say

  5. 5 Rosebud 3:09 Buy

    Rosebud

  6. 6 Incidental Boogie 3:23 Buy

    Incidental Boogie

  7. 7 L-Over 4:05 Buy

    L-Over

  8. 8 Pearly Gates 4:02 Buy

    Pearly Gates

  9. 9 Poem 3:30 Buy

    Poem

  10. 10 Traviata 0:12 Buy

    Traviata

  11. 11 Time 7:48 Buy

    Time

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