Cold Specks, aka Al Spx, has returned, two years and a world map of tours after 2012‰۪s ‰Û÷I Predict A Graceful Expulsion‰۪. Hailed as a masterful and wholly original debut, the follow-up is radically expanded. The 26 year-old Canadian singer, under the sobriquet Al Spx, began work on Neuroplasticity while holed-up in a cottage in Wick, Somerset during the winter of 2012. The album was recorded at Montreal‰۪s Hotel2Tango and Toronto‰۪s Revolution Recordings studios and produced by Jim Anderson and mixed by Anderson and Ben Hillier (Blur, Depeche Mode). When Cold Specks wasn‰۪t writing or touring she was pin-balling between asks from an enviable roll call of collaborators and award panels. Shortlisted for the Juno Award and Polaris Prize, Spx also worked on Moby‰۪s album and was invited to play with Joni Mitchell at the singer‰۪s 70th birthday last year, alongside the likes of Herbie Hancock. She also contributed to Ambrose Akinmusire‰۪s new record for Blue Note and the latest Swans album ‰Û÷To Be Kind‰۪. These last two partnerships have left a significant impression on ‰Û÷Neuroplasticity‰۪. The indomitable Swans founder Michael Gira appears on ‰Û÷Exit Plan‰۪ and Akinmusire joins him on the holocaust of a closer ‰Û÷A Season Of Doubt‰۪, as well as permeating most of the record with trumpet lines of an anguished, cracking frailty. Vinyl format includes digital download.åÊ
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