the world’s not worth it sees gavan kearney working with a handpicked cast of collaborators - including long-time muse moonswift, porcupine tree’s steven wilson, eden house vocalist amandine ferrari and use of ashes guitarist maarten scherrenburg (on drums) - to create a blissful world of unconventional, yet instantly beguiling compositions. whilst still working within a by now familiar territory delineated by folk, ambient and progressive rock at a chambermusical volume, elements from the world of classical music are featuring more prominently than ever, taking the project into a new direction: kearney’s reverence for the groundbreaking inventions of romantic composers ravel, debussy and theosophic genius alexander scriabin shows through in extended solo-piano and guitar passages, adventurous chord progressions as well as a tender clarinet-solo on events in a skyline. just like scriabin would take the harmonic system to its limits, these pieces explore the outer limits of the song format, working with controlled stylistic collisions rather than a schematic chorus/refrain approach - such as on under the stares, which explores what’d happen "if bach bumped into messiaen".in keeping with the classical tradition of more popular inner and slightly more obscure outer works, the first 500 copies of the album are accompanied by full length companion entitled vanished chapters, recorded in perfect isolation in kearney’s east london studio room and featuring a similar, albeit even more labyrinthine and withdrawn sound. taken together, these albums combine into an epic and ambitious journey, firmly grounded in three centuries of music while simultaneously tending towards a new sonic language.
the vinyl edition of the world's not worth it comes in a limited edition on 180grams clear vinyl, housed in a deluxe gatefold sleeve and with a bonus cd copy of the album. the release date is set for november 10, and available for pre-orders now from our store.
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