apart (Vinyl) (Reissue)
The Apartments album apart is now available in Australia for the first time on vinyl as a Double LP. Lovingly mastered by Don Bartley apart has never sounded better. First released on CD in 1997 with a limited run of 3,000 apart quickly sold out in Australia and Europe. Apartments fans finally have the chance to get this vital missing piece of the discography on vinyl.
apart contains some of the most exquisite and timeless pieces from the songbook of The Apartments’ Peter Milton Walsh. Piano, trumpet, strings and beats step forward on apart in songs brought together by players such as Chris Abrahams of The Necks on piano, Ken Gormley of The Cruel Sea on bass and Gene Maynard on drums.
Sprinkled throughout are instrumental haikus and subtle jazz inflections. Dave Graney, in Welcome to Walsh World, sets a dark, captivating rendition of Baudelaire’s To the Reader against a seductive background of piano, bass and drums.
Recorded at Electric Avenue Studio in Sydney in 1997, apart is a summery yet nocturnal record that speaks of passing time, the present moment and an already dawning future. Original artwork has been updated for this long awaited vinyl release by Pascal Blua, the renowned French graphic artist behind the artwork for No Song, No Spell, No Madrigal.
