''Networking in Purgatory'' is the third album by Australian folk-rock band
Ned Collette & Wirewalker, released in 2014.
Writing in ''
The Quietus
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'', reviewer Kate Hennessy praised the album as "very good, even exceptional". She described Collette's voice as "sibilant, astringent and at times vaguely waspish ... a voice that alchemises its flaws into powerful strengths, sitting neither above nor below the mix but slicing through it in both directions, reminiscent of the Brians (
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)". She noted of its lyrics that Collette's "bitterness runs cold and constant even beneath songs that, sonically, express a kind of genial largesse, a contradiction that is this record's most brilliant aspect". The ''
Sydney Morning Herald'' described it as "a warm, lush record bursting (quietly) with a clutch of songs that dip and dive like springtime swallows, as intricate as they are robust ... It's a considered album, one for headphones with time on one's hands, and it rewards handsomely."
Track listing
(all songs by Ned Collette & Wirewalker)
# "At the Piano" — 4:33
# "Networking in Purgatory" — 0:46
# "Bird" — 4:06
# "Falls" — 3:35
# "Vanitas Quack" — 4:32
# "Opiate Eyes" — 2:26
# "Across the Frozen Bridge" — 6:17
# "Echoes Toes" — 4:35
# "Helios" — 2:31
# "A Lawyer or a Gimmick" — 4:00
# "Meltemi " — 2:43
Personnel
* Ned Collette — voice, guitars, bass, synths, mellotron, drum machine, percussion
* Joe Talia — drums, percussion, synths, revox
* James Rushford — backing vocals, viola, synths, ocarina, piano ("At the Piano", "Across the Frozen Bridge")
* Ben Bourke — bassoon, bass ("At the Piano", "Across the Frozen Bridge")
* Erkki Veltheim — violin ("Opiate Eyes")
References
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Ned Collette albums
2014 albums
Dot Dash Recordings albums