TWO CARES DUE NONE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK RECORDING OUT NOW ON BOILED RECORDS
WATCH “THE OFFICE / THE COMMUNITY" HERE
LISTEN TO TWO CARES DUE NONE OST HERE
“The sort of deep-space cosmic-rock odyssey that they’ll be blasting on the Orion” - Pitchfork
“Heady space odyssey full of groovy motorik rhythms and reverb-soaked hooks” - Rolling Stone
“The musical equivalent of colouring outside the lines” - CBC Music
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Known for its transportive works in sound and vision, Toronto psych trio Absolutely Free recently released its original soundtrack recording for the art-house film Two Cares Due None. The gorgeously haunting and masterfully responsive score distills the film’s dramatic landscapes with suspenseful notes of magic-realism and minimalism. Its stirring, mysterious instrumental compositions range from reflective ambience to polyrhythmic electronic music, bringing to mind the iconic film scores of John Carpenter, Tangerine Dream, Cliff Martinez, and Geoff Barrow & Ben Salisbury. Two Cares Due None marks the band’s first foray into feature-length composition, after previously scoring short films by Norman McLaren for the National Film Board of Canada.
Now, Absolutely Free opens a window onto the geographic and cultural landscapes that shape Two Cares Due None with the music video for “The Office / The Community.” Featuring footage captured by directors Melissa Fisher-Rozenberg and Chris Boni on location in Iceland, Italy, and Canada, Absolutely Free articulates the dark pastel images of towering countryside with a tense blend of whistling synthesizers and shuffling electronic rhythm that forms one of the score’s central melodic themes.
“The film entranced us into a distinct musical universe,” says the trio of Michael Claxton, Moshe Fisher-Rozenberg, and Matthew King. “There was no resisting its aesthetic demands, which lead us deep into compositions that indulge mood over melody, exploring the subtleties at the periphery of what we have created live and on record up to this point.”
WATCH “THE OFFICE / THE COMMUNITY" HERE
The independent feature film explores the ways in which different cultures place value on objects, as commonplace Icelandic artifacts gain exemplary worth in Canada’s art world and Italy’s black market. Absolutely Free – whose previous releases provide uniquely prismatic views of the polarized ideologies that exist in our culture – intuits these concepts with incredible fluidity, adorning the imagery in distinctive, otherworldly sound.
“What was revealed to us during our production voyages to Iceland and Italy were the mystical links that our script shared with the native culture. Working intuitively in a foreign landscape and culture enriched the aspect of chance that this fictional piece is steeped in,” recall the directors. “Absolutely Free’s score replies to the authentic locations, concepts, and production design with their own significant vision, enhancing the surreal dimension of the story.”
WATCH TWO CARES DUE NONE FEATURE FILM HERE
Two Cares Due None OST follows Absolutely Free’s 2019 EP Geneva Freeport, an absurd fantasy about taking a holiday to one of the world’s most notorious high security art storage facilities, fittingly “bringing to question the process of ascribing economic value to cultural artifacts.” In contrast to the meditative ambience of Two Cares Due None, the EP (which features Meg Remy of U.S. Girls on “Currency” and mixing by Sandro Perri) has been celebrated for its percussive urgency and “motorik-driven psychedelia” (FADER).
WATCH THE VIDEO FOR “CURRENCY” (FT. U.S. GIRLS)
Two Cares Due None OST is the first full-length release since Absolutely Free’s Polaris Music Prize nominated self-titled debut album of 2014. A long-awaited official sophomore studio album has been hinted at since the Jorge Elbrecht-produced single “Still Life” surfaced in 2018. Stay tuned for more.
TWO CARES DUE NONE TRACKLIST
1. Begins
2. Two Cares Due None
3. Work Theme 1
4. Country Drive + Lunch
5. Travelling
6. Contemplating
7. The Office / The Community
8. Full Sweep
9. Take One
10. Post Nightmare
11. Bubble Wrap
12. First Letter
13. “The Funeral’ Opening
14. Procession
15. Packing Up
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Michael Claxton
Moshe Fisher-Rozenberg
Matthew King
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