The wages of fear, an album by tellison on spotify. Jul, 2011 the wages of fear sees tellison back almost four years after their debut album. A tense rivalry develops between the two sets of drivers on the rough remote roads. The existential adventure novel that served as the basis for two extraordinary films, clouzots the wages of fear and friedkins sorcerer.
The album was made available to listen to on soundcloud on 27 april 2011. Check out the wages of fear explicit by tellison on amazon music. Mp4 verified torrent download,torrent hash is 0b5b268255bd635062278285cbd36c5db48840f2. Wages of fear, the bands first lp in four years, works so well because it takes the energy and the upbeat nature of their debut lp 2007s contact. The wages of fear is the second studio album by english indie rock band tellison. The wages of fear 1953 frequently asked questions imdb. From 74 mb our goal is to provide highquality video, tv streams, music, software, documents or any. The band have been somewhat secretive as to the origins of their name, revealing only that it is the surname of a man. However, because nitro is extremely volatile and explosive, it could have been caused by any number of things, e.
Contact was occasionally clunky and indistinctive, the wages of fear bristles with the individuality. It is nothing but pure excitement made by the french director henrigeorges clouzot. West londons cult altindie four piece tellison return with their peter miles the king bluesfrank turnerdry the river produced second album the wages of fear. The wages of fear shows the productionminded american oilmen playing a particularly ugly game of life and death. Sep 11, 2015 culture music features tellison hope fading nightly. Apr 28, 2011 it felt like an album that had been pieced together at the last minute and while there were sufficient hits within it, it is but a distant memory after a listen or two of the wages of fear. A group of men attempt to transport a highly explosive shipment through the jungle.
With a singalong chorus that grabs through your chest to your heart and gives it a little squeeze, london s tellison are. Tracks like letters from premed and horses are fantastic, and the entire. Tellison, international quartet of mystery, well, quintet of mystery if you include the moustached multiinstrumentalist live musician matt roberts are finally on the home straight. September 17, 2015 tellison hope fading nightly 2015 july 5, 2011 tellison the wages of fear 2011. Throughout the record the band spits out perfect indierock songs for fun.
Recorded in one frantic month in an old textile mill owners house in the scottish borders and then obsessively poured over and. Formed in 2005 out of a shared love of buffet restaurants, pizza and unsuccessful indie rock bands of the late 90s and early 00s tellison have released three albums 2007s contact. Ketika sebuah sumur minyak milik perusahaan amerika serikat terbakar, perusahaan. This is a seamless record where every track feels wellplaced, every lyric feels honest and every hook has been honed to perfection. The movie doesnt give a definitive answer to the actual cause of the explosion. Stream tracks and playlists from tellison on your desktop or mobile device. It was based on a 1950 novel by georges arnaud and is considered one of the seminal films of french cinema. A bible of bruises, literary split lips and the kind of shiverinducing depth of feeling you havent experienced since you first heard bruce springsteen.
Four years since the release of their last album, the wages of fear, londonbased rock quartet tellison stream. A fire is raging in a south american oil well that is owned by an american company, and. Well, theyre back with a new song called tact is dead and theres a video and everything. When an oil well owned by an american company catches fire, the company hires four european men, down on their luck, to drive two. Tellison are one of those acts that, even though you find yourself liking them, you cant imagine them being anyones favourite band. When the great french thriller the wages of fear 1953 was first released in america, it was missing parts of several early scenes because it was too long, the u. Find tellison discography, albums and singles on allmusic.
Tellison the wages of fear lyrics and tracklist genius. Tellison the wages of fear vinyl lp west londons cult altindie four piece tellison return with their sophomore album the wages of fear. Watch the video for collarbone from tellison s the wages of fear for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. The wages of fear tellison alternative 2011 play shuffle. Tellison are widely respected stalwarts of the uk scene, and latest effort the wages of fear is as infectious as it is overdue their last album proper was their 07 debut contact. For those of you who loved tellison s first album contact. Yves montands the wages of fear 1953 video dailymotion. Tellison is a fourpiece indie rock band from london, england, formed in 2000.
Tellison are a fourpiece wakingnightmare of a band from london, uk. Tellison the wages of fear 4 years back, tellison were gracing us with their debut album contact. Collarbone by tellison, released 22 november 2010 1. Its been four years since the last tellison album, the wages of fear. That bloody great london fourpiece that released the awesome contact. The wages of fear by tellison, released june 2011 1. The oil company pays four men to deliver the supplies in two trucks. The wages of fear, their second album, ticks a hell of a lot of boxes. They react to a deadly oil fire by roughly discarding the bandaged and maimed victims, and then offer the unemployed foreigners the suicidal explosives transport job as if it were a favor. It was released on june 2011 through naim edge records. Tellison have released their first new song in over four.
Formed out of a shared love of unsuccessful indie rock bands of the late 90s and early 00s tellison have, to date, released two cr. The wages of fear 180gm lp with hd download tellison. Download our free nook app escape into a good book things to do at home next. The wages of fear perfectly demonstrates what it means to be on the edge of your seat. The wages of fear album the band originally started work on their second album in 2009, however at the time davidson was in his final year of university whilst the other members were in fulltime employment, making it difficult for the band to regularly work together.
Every song is great, with my wifes grave is in paris, say silence heaven and earth, tell it to thebes, horses, and freud links the teeth and the heart being stand out tracks. In a squalid south american oil town, four desperate men sign on for a suicide mission to drive trucks loaded with nitroglycerin over a treacherous mountain route. Recorded in one frantic month in an old textile mill owners house in the scottish borders and. Tellison are a fourpiece alternative rock band from hammersmith in west london. Tellison the wages of fear vinyl lp analogue seduction. The wages of fear sees tellison back almost four years after their debut album. The wages of fear in an overall sense is autobiographical. Fate has humbled his circumstances, but marios still a cocky young sicilian. After years of geographical dissonance involving several educational establishments, two continents, four singles, six record labels, one studio album and a remix.
West london s cult indie fourpiece tellison returns with their sophomore album the wages of fear, a bible of bruises, literary split lips, and the kind of shiverinducing depth of feeling you haven t experienced since you first heard bruce springsteen. Contact, which has been followed only by numerous remixes and glimpses of new material until now. Download the wages of fear 1953 the criterion collection 36 from 14 gb, romanathe. Its a decent read, though the translation lacks the sort of muscularity thats essential for this kind of story. The four met after an earthquake on the isle of arran. Its so damn cold in here what the hell open the door im pretty sure theres nothing in here i care about anymore whats the use in staying kind and being good. Dec 05, 2016 tellison are a fourpiece alternative rock band from hammersmith in west london.
With a singalong chorus that grabs through your chest to your heart and gives it a little squeeze, london s tellison are doing what they do best. The wages of fear, french thriller film, released in 1953, that was directed by henrigeorges clouzot. Its hard to think of a better way of describing their music, because its difficult to put a label on. Tellison have long been regarded by the select few that have given them the time of day as one of the most underrated bands this country has to offer and with this, they have proved that irrevocably. Living in an isolated mexican town run by big oil, mario is stucksurrounded by desert and scraping for cash. An album which in a just world would have sent them into the stratosphere or at least its sonic equivalent, the radio 1 a playlist. The boss needs strong, brave men to extinguish the flames. What tellison have working in their defence is a skill at concocting bittersweet melodies that work their way rapidly under the skin along with lyrics that, while no doubt appealing to the heartbroken loner in all of us, possess a heartening degree of intelligence and hope.
West londons cult altindie four piece tellison return with their sophomore album the wages of fear. The wages of fear by tellison 797537116327 cd barnes. Despite the occasional lapses into fairly generic indie rock territory, tellison have produced a work here that is both wonderfully charming and more than a little catchy. Naim edge records i do not own the rights to this song or any of the songs by tellison. By using our website and our services, you agree to our use of cookies as described. It deals with the frustrations of being in a band as the music industry burns all around like an oil field in the night, with the beginnings and deteriorations of fragile. This time around, tellison seem focussed and as on top of their game as they have ever been, showcasing twelve great. Then word arrives that an oil well has caught fire. First single collarbone, letters from premed and the wonderful horses all rattle along at breakneck speed.