After years of more elaborate projects, CocoRosie's Sierra and Bianca Casady return to their roots on Heartache City.
Avoiding the electronics that dominated their later albums, the duo opted for the acoustic and toy instruments that made La Maison de Mon Rêve a one-of-a-kind debut.
Songs such as "Forget Me Not" build on that album's deceptively simple charms, using little more than a xylophone and a drum machine to cast a spell.
Other tracks, such as the festive and romantic "Un Beso," reflect the time the Casady sisters spent recording the album in Buenos Aires.
While songs like this and "Tim & Tina" reflect CocoRosie's lighthearted side, Heartache City also spends plenty of time with the dark, unsettling parts of their music.
Missing children, runaways, racism, and murder are just some of the subjects the Casadys touch on in "The Tower of Pisa," "Lost Girls," and "Big & Black." As always, the beauty of the duo's music makes these moments all the more haunting.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Forget Me NotCocoRosie | CocoRosie | Play | 05:29 | 12 MB | 25 MB |
| 2 | Un BesoCocoRosie | CocoRosie | Play | 04:18 | 9 MB | 22 MB |
| 3 | Lost GirlsCocoRosie | CocoRosie | Play | 05:20 | 12 MB | 26 MB |
| 4 | Heartache CityCocoRosie | CocoRosie | Play | 03:14 | 7 MB | 15 MB |
| 5 | The Tower of PisaCocoRosie | CocoRosie | Play | 03:19 | 7 MB | 16 MB |
| 6 | Bed BugsCocoRosie | CocoRosie | Play | 03:46 | 8 MB | 18 MB |
| 7 | Lucky CloverCocoRosie | CocoRosie | Play | 05:23 | 12 MB | 27 MB |
| 8 | No One KnowsCocoRosie | CocoRosie | Play | 03:29 | 7 MB | 16 MB |
| 9 | Tim And Tina | CocoRosie | Play | 04:14 | 9 MB | 19 MB |
| 10 | Big And Black | CocoRosie | Play | 05:54 | 13 MB | 26 MB |
| 44 mins | 101 MB | |||||
| 44 mins | 217 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CocoRosie | Composer, Primary Artist, Producer |
| 2 | Tavahn Ghazi | Singing Bowls |
| 3 | Nicolas Kalwill | Engineer, Mixing |
| 4 | Takuya Nakamura | Keyboards, Trumpet |
| 5 | Tez | Beatbox, Producer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |