Daughter – Music From Before the Storm (National Album Day)

Description

Critically acclaimed London trio Daughter will celebrate National Album Day 2024 with an exclusive yellow recycled vinyl repressing of their debut foray into soundtrack-making,Music from Before the Storm.With this release, fans of Daughter and theLife Is Strangeuniverse can now revisit and physically own the understated yet elemental score in a new form, apart from its highly sought after yet scarcely available RSD 2017 vinyl variant.

Music from Before the Storms transportive yet vast and grounded yet ethereal sonic landscape resulted from the band having been tapped to helm an original musical score for Square EnixsLife Is Strange: Before The Storm,the highly anticipated prequel to the award-winning 2015 first entry,Life Is Strange. With information fromgame-producers, the band crafted the score in London in 2017, referencing the game script and concept artwork as inspiration amidst their writing process. As a result, the bands meticulous, world-building instrumentation is a key factor in the games storytelling arch, with various elements of their compositions relaying different sides of the lead characters emotive state during gameplay. As noted byLine of Best Fitupon its original release with the game:Music from Before the Storm is a soundtrack that succeeds in encapsulating a great vastness and emotional depth while retaining a clear sonic aesthetic. Daughter have created a work that is cinematic and captivating.

Tracklist:

A1. Glass

A2. Burn It Down

A3. Flaws

B1. Hope

B2. The Right Way Around

B3. Witches

C1. Departure

C2. All I Wanted

C3. I Can’t Live Here Anymore

D1. Dreams of William

D2. Improve

D3. Voices

D4. A Hole in the Earth