Name: The Path of the Clouds
Brand: Marissa Nadler

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

BELLA1271VX

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Colour

Silver

Colour details

Silver / White

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Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: Yes

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: Yes

Format detail

180 Gram Vinyl

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2021-10-29

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

PIAS

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

5400863060558

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Total Cap

1 / Extended format: Yes / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / silver

BELLA1271CD

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Download code: No

Extended format: No

5400863060565

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

BELLA1271V

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White

Opaque White

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5400863060541

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / white

Artist

Marissa Nadler

Genre GB

Folk

Label GB

Bella Union

Bella Union is a UK label that has been run by Simon Raymonde, former member of Cocteau Twins, since 1997. With a focus on discovering new talent, Bella Union has introduced the world to bands such as Fleet Foxes, Beach House, Lanterns on The Lake, I Break Horses, Ballet School, and Midlake. As a ℗ & © coyright holding entity, Bella Union continues to be at the forefront of the music industry.

Marissa Nadler is an American singer-songwriter and painter, born on April 5, 1981 in Washington D.C., USA. With her captivating voice and introspective lyrics, she has established herself as a prominent figure in the folk music scene. Her unique blend of haunting melodies and poetic storytelling creates a mesmerizing listening experience for her fans. In addition to her musical talents, Marissa is also an accomplished painter, showcasing her creativity across different artistic mediums. Explore Marissa Nadler's enchanting world of music and art.

The Path of the Clouds, Marissa Nadler’s ninth solo album, is the most stylistically adventurous, lyrically transfixing, and melodically sophisticated collection of songs in her already rich discography. Gripped by wanderlust while suddenly housebound at the start of the pandemic in 2020, Nadler escaped into writing, and came back with a stunning set of songs about metamorphosis, love, mysticism, and murder. Blurring the line between reality and fantasy and moving freely between past and present, these 11 deeply personal, self-produced songs find Nadler exploring new landscapes, both sonic and emotional.

Nadler tracked the skeletons of the songs at home and then sent them to some choice collaborators, including experimental harpist Mary Lattimore and Simon Raymonde, the Cocteau Twins bassist and her Lost Horizons collaborator. Multi-instrumentalist Milky Burgess, having recently worked on the soundtrack to the film Mandy, adds intricate melodic power throughout the album. Jesse Chandler, Nadler’s piano teacher (as well as a member of Mercury Rev and Midlake), plays winding woodwinds and plaintive piano to luminous effect. Fellow singer-songwriter Emma Ruth Rundle contributes a slinky guitar solo on “Turned Into Air,” while Black Mountain’s Amber Webber steps in as a vocal foil to Nadler, a ghostly apparition in the distance of “Elegy.”

The Path of the Clouds showcases the power of an artist at the peak of her powers nearly 20 years into an acclaimed career as a songwriter and singer. Coming a long way from the spare dream folk of her earlier work, she has remained inspired and continues to evolve, open to new ideas and directions. The proof is right here, in Nadler’s most ambitious and complex album yet.

The Path of the Clouds

Music GB

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