''High January'' is the ninth album by Canadian music artist Marker Starling ( Chris A. Cummings), released on . It is composed entirely of original material, being produced for the first time by

Sean O'Hagan Sean O'Hagan (born 1959) is an Irish singer and songwriter who leads the avant-pop band the High Llamas, which he founded in 1992. He is also known for being one half of the songwriting duo (with Cathal Coughlan) in Microdisney and for his wor ...

, whose previous work with

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The High Llamas The High Llamas are an Anglo-Irish chamber pop band formed in London circa 1991. They were founded by singer-songwriter Sean O'Hagan, formerly of Microdisney, with drummer Rob Allum and ex-Microdisney bassist Jon Fell. O'Hagan has led the group ...

and Microdisney brought extensive experience to helping achieve a fully-realized Marker Starling sound.

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, also of Stereolab, contributes vocals to two tracks, "Waiting for Grace" and "Starved for Glamour". Tim Sendra of AllMusic wrote in his review, – ..."this is serious mood music and Cummings made a fine choice by picking a producer who knows how to sustain a consistent mood, and by bringing along his crack band to back him."

Track listing

Side 1

# High January # Wait The Night # Drop And Pierce # Waiting For Grace

Side 2

# Move It On # Starved For Glamour # Coin of the Realm # A Little Joy

Personnel

*Vocals – Laetitia Sadier *Backing Vocals – Connor Blundell, Mason Le Long, Nicholas Krgovich *Drums – Euan Rodger *Guitar – Andy Whitehead *Bass – Joe Carvell *

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(Synthesizer) –

Andy Ramsay Stereolab are an English people, Anglo-French avant-pop band formed in London in 1990. Led by the songwriting team of Tim Gane and Lætitia Sadier, the group's sound incorporates repetitive motorik beats with the use of vintage electronic keybo ...

* Mastering – Noel Summerville *Producer, Mixing, Bass,

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dditional– Mason Le Long *Written-By,

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References

External links

*Waiting For Grace (Official Video

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