Length 46:54 Release date 13 June 2011 | ||
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Released 13 June 2011 (2011-06-13) Genres Blues, Indie rock, Folk music Similar Fink albums, Indie rock albums | ||
Perfect Darkness is the fifth album from British musician Fink, and the fourth to be recorded with his self-titled band. It was released in 2011 on Ninja Tune.
Contents
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Background
On the concept of the album:
"With Fink we do sing about relationships and love and emotions – but we also sing about other stuff: embracing fear, Berlin dawns, looking forward. Perfect Darkness was written about a friend of mine who’s just signed a massive record deal and it’s all about to kick off. And I’m saying, ‘just roll with it man. It’s gonna get dark but you’ll survive and you’ll come out the other side.’" - Fin Greenall.The album was recorded in the space of 20 days with the intention of capturing a "sense of right nowness" and an "organic sounding recording". The title was chosen because it sounded "really first-tracky" to the band. Behind the title is also a deliberate misinterpretation of the genre of folk, and the album is described by Greenall not to be "a collection of songs about being dumped or ships leaving meadows or whatever it is people think folk’s supposed to be nowadays, [it] is not that at all."
The album was produced by Billy Bush (who has worked with artists such as Beck and Garbage) and recorded in Brighton and Los Angeles.
Track listing
All tracks written by Fin Greenall, Tim Thornton and Guy Whittaker, except where noted.
Songs
1Perfect Darkness6:39
2Fear Is Like Fire3:58
3Yesterday Was Hard on All of Us4:55