Plans in Pencil [Live]

Plans in Pencil [Live]

Track Listings

1. Tuesday Sirens

2. Not Blue

3. The Note

4. Parisanfrancisco

5. New

Editorial Reviews
Kelly Nathanson, Portland Girls
Lisa Alice is in that small group of artists who are stupendous solo.

Product Description
More than a great collection of smart songs, LiSA ALiCE's Plans in Pencil is an audiophile EP. Recorded in analog and mastered by Grammy-winning producer Cookie Marenco, Plans in Pencil is home to five new cuddlecore songs, each a testament to Lisa's unqiue sound. Syncopated rhythms, alternate tunings, intelligent poetry, and an expressive, breathy voice make Lisa's music a must-hear.

Plans in Pencil [Live]

Tracks:

Look and Yes
Cinnabat
Yttrium
Roadrunner
Ship
Immoral Architecture
Amber Button
Five to Four, Ten to Eleven
Corumdum
Stickland
Seven Mile Marker
Working in Dust
Ruined Feathers

Customer Reviews:

like melting icicles.......2007-07-20

Sure, ISAN have a distinctive palette of sonic tools and melodic theory from which they rarely diverge. But how many great albums do most groups produce? This duo has consistently delivered. Imagine relaxing on the Danube on a clear day with little puffy clouds wafting along when suddenly your favorite music box from your childhood lazily floats by atop a clean, clear iceberg. What is this iceberg doing in here in the middle of summer? Pastels and primaries reflect through this ice cube and woo you into a dream state where you hear every leaf fall, and every dripping faucet, and they are all aligned in an accidental symphony. Not to say that Isan are scoring on accident. It takes four gifted ears to make something both pleasant and challenging, simultaneously deep and simple. This is like dragging a giant record needle slowly around a Zen rock garden. I hope Eno is listening. If you like ISAN then I suggest some Audio Dregs Recordings artists as well.

Delicate instrumentals made with a graceful touch and an invitation to float freely. .......2006-08-07

While the landscape of "dreamy" electronica has been quite flooded in the last several years there will always be those that rise above the flock in any crowded genre, and Isan are one of the few who do indeed float high above most of their peers. What makes Isan so special is the songs, using their laptops and keyboards to create airy melodies and lovely lucid washes of sound. While so many of their contemporaries have added forced vocals on top of their sounds, often big name guests, in order to break into the "next level" we're happy that Isan have kept it purely instrumental, as the songs they write feel totally complete as-is and allow us, as listeners, to bring more of our imagination to the songs. There are definite similarities to like minded and former label mates Mum, especially their first primarily instrumental debut, as well fleeting glimpses of Boards of Canada at their most blissed out, and perhaps like a less skeletal version of Colleen. We also keep thinking a lot about how Isan in many ways represent this generation's version of Durruti Column. Delicate instrumentals made with a graceful touch and an invitation to float freely.

MICHAEL UPTON's igloomag.com REVIEW :: .......2006-07-09

MICHAEL UPTON's igloomag.com REVIEW ::

(07.08.06) ISAN make very nice music. They have the lightest, crispest percussion in the universe and layer cheerful melodies over soothing chords. The beats are never in your face, the bass tones are soft and rounded. For me they're something like the aural equivalent of high quality chocolates - every chocolate tastes great, but the sweetness gets a bit much too consume in one sitting.

Plans Drawn In Pencil shows no great diversion from what ISAN have done before, but if you're looking for some relaxed electronica and are tired of your Boards of Canada records, this is a safe bet.
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Plans in Pencil
Lisa Alice
Manufacturer: Ridiculum Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0007A6GT2
Release Date: 2005-01-28

Tracks:

Tuesday Sirens
Not Blue
The Note
Parisanfrancisco
New

Album Description

More than a great collection of smart songs, LiSA ALiCE's Plans in Pencil is an audiophile EP. Recorded in analog and mastered by Grammy-winning producer Cookie Marenco, Plans in Pencil is home to five new cuddlecore songs, each a testament to Lisa's unqiue sound. Syncopated rhythms, alternate tunings, intelligent poetry, and an expressive, breathy voice make Lisa's music a must-hear.

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