Ivan the Tolerable
Black Water/Brown Earth (LP, White Vinyl)
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Ivan The Tolerable is the alter ego solo project of Middlesbrough based musical wizard Oli Heffernan. Aside from his solo work as ITT, Oli has played in numerous bands over the years including Year Of Birds, King Champion Sounds with members of the Ex, Detective Instinct, and Shrug, and has collaborated with icons like Mike Watts of the Minutemen, and J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr.
On Black Water/Brown Earth, Heff called in the help of his Dutch friends Mees and Elsa in King Champion Sounds again and wrote the album in a long-distance session. The album feels like an excursion in nature, featuring bird song, flowing water, pots and pans percussion, and a genuine feel of wandering about and experiencing the outside world with eyes and ears wide open. It is a band effort too, with organic sounding drums, the characteristic saxophone, and droning synths.
Format
Available on opaque white vinyl with reverse board sleeve.
Includes album download card, featuring all the tracks from the [url=https://www.discogs.com/release/26133422-Ivan-The-Tolerable-Black-Water-Brown-Earth]extended cassette version[/url].
All runout details are machine stamped.
[Front sleeve:]
Black Water/Brown Earth (47.36)
[Rear sleeve:]
Recorded in England and the Netherlands – spring 2022
Mixed and mastered [...] – summer 2022
Release notes
Available on opaque white vinyl with reverse board sleeve. Includes album download card, featuring all the tracks from the [url=https://www.discogs.com/release/26133422-Ivan-The-Tolerable-Black-Water-Brown-Earth]extended cassette version[/url]. All runout details are machine stamped. [Front sleeve:] Black Water/Brown Earth (47.36) [Rear sleeve:] Recorded in England and the Netherlands – spring 2022 Mixed and mastered [...] – summer 2022
| A1 | Before The Sun Sinks | 8:34 | |
| A2 | The Labyrinth | 2:19 | |
| A3 | Slow Deep Salt & Silent Black | 9:31 | |
| A4 | Moon Milk | 2:49 | |
| B1 | Signs | 7:49 | |
| B2 | Silver Lawn | 3:24 | |
| B3 | Memory | 11:41 |
- Ack! Ack! Ack! Design
- Artwork
- Oli Heffernan
- Bass, Synth [Synths], Guitar, Mellotron, Electric Piano, Field Recording [Field Recordings], Mixed By, Mastered By
- Mees Siderius
- Drums, Vibraphone [Vibrophone], Percussion
- Alfred Stieglitz
- Photography By
- Elsa Van Der Linden
- Saxophone, Flute, Clarinet
