Name: The Innocents
Brand: Weyes Blood

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

LP-MEX-186

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Colour

Black

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Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2014-10-21

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Redeye

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

184923118612

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Total Cap

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

Artist

Weyes Blood

Genre US

Rock-Pop

Label US

Mexican Summer

Natalie Mering, known professionally as Weyes Blood, is an American singer and songwriter born on June 11, 1988 in Santa Monica, California. Currently based in New York, she has gained recognition for her unique blend of folk and psychedelic pop music.
With a captivating voice that evokes nostalgia and introspection, Weyes Blood's songs are characterized by poetic lyrics and lush instrumentation. Her ability to create atmospheric soundscapes combined with thought-provoking storytelling sets her apart as a truly talented artist.
Having released several critically acclaimed albums, including "Titanic Rising" which received widespread acclaim from both fans and critics alike, Weyes Blood continues to push boundaries and redefine the indie music scene. Her soulful melodies and hauntingly beautiful compositions have earned her a dedicated following around the world.

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There exists a terrifying film called The Innocents, starring Deborah Kerr, released in 1961. It’s based on a play of the same name, which in turn was an adaptation of Henry James’ novella The Turn Of The Screw. All versions involve a governess hired to care for two young children, who may or may not be possessed by the ghosts of the couple who looked after them in the past, a couple whose deviant nature destroyed the lives around them (including their own). Those who’ve had occasion to watch the film version haven’t easily forgotten the opening credits: as you sit in complete darkness (or some reasonable facsimile thereof … c’mon, work with us), and well before the studio logo is displayed, you hear a little girl’s voice, unaccompanied, singing these words: \n \nWe lay, my love and I, beneath the weeping willow. \nBut now alone I lie and weep beside the tree. \nSinging "O Willow Waly" by the tree that weeps with me. Singing "O Willow Waly" till my lover return to me. \nWe lay, my love and I, beneath the weeping willow. \nA broken heart have I. \nO willow, I die… \nO willow, I die. \n \nThe film’s credits roll on, screen right, as the image of Ms. Kerr, praying and sobbing, is superimposed on the left. That sequence puts you on the back foot and keeps you there, even as you begin to doubt the events of the story that follows, lingering on like mist, heavy and earthbound. Henry James would’ve wanted it that way. Tired of the ways in which authors had depicted the supernatural, the author extrapolated their evil nature out of elements you’d never expect, or in his own words, “the strange and sinister embroidered on … the normal and easy.” And his notions of how to represent these tropes have since fed into our familiar understanding of how suspense works as a narrative device in the centuries that followed. James made us all more suspicious; where we find beauty and sadness, we often assume that it has been influenced by some spectre whose bent will keeps its presence

The Innocents

Music US

Discover The Innocents by Weyes Blood on vinyl and CD. A haunting adaptation of Henry James' novella, released by Mexican Summer.