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The full-length follow-up to her 2011 debut EP Sister Wife, 2012's King Con features more of singer/songwriter Alex Winston's buoyant, technicolor psych and folk-influenced pop. A opera-trained vocalist, the Michigan-born Winston came off as a kind of cherubic indie rock Kate Bush on Sister Wife, and King Con does nothing if not reinforce this notion. These are meticulously crafted, gargantuanly melodic songs that frame Winston's fairy siren of a voice with swirling, sparkling productions (via the Knocks) rife with bells and keyboards, shimmering guitar bits, and veritable marching bands of rhythm. While a few tracks carry over from Sister Wife, including the title track, the '60s girl group-sounding "Choice Notes," and the yearning "Locomotive," listeners also get more than few hummable, immediately catchy numbers like the swoony "Velvet Elvis" and the wide-eyed and cinematic "Medicine." While the album title suggests that Winston's talents may be less than genuine, King Con is never anything less than truly inspired.
© Matt Collar /TiVo
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Cenzo Townshend, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Alex Winston, Music Production, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ben Hollingsworth, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Charlie Hugall, Producer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas Greenwood, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Alex Maclean, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Rayner, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Phill Hedderman, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Plourde, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Sister Wives, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2012 Universal-Island Records Ltd.
Tom Greenwood, ComposerLyricist - Cenzo Townshend, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Alex Winston, Music Production, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ben Hollingsworth, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Charlie Hugall, Producer - Thomas Greenwood, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Kevin Moehringer, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Plourde, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mahlon Hoard, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Shawn Edmonds, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2012 Universal-Island Records Ltd.
Cenzo Townshend, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - James Patterson, Producer - Ben Ruttner, Producer - Alex Winston, Music Production, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ben Hollingsworth, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Charlie Hugall, Producer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas Greenwood, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Alex Maclean, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Samuel Hindes, ComposerLyricist - Nick Rayner, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Phill Hedderman, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Plourde, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Sister Wives, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2012 Universal-Island Records Ltd.
Cenzo Townshend, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - James Patterson, Producer - Ben Ruttner, ComposerLyricist - Alex Winston, Music Production, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ben Hollingsworth, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Charlie Hugall, Producer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas Greenwood, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - James K. Patterson, ComposerLyricist - Benjamin Ruttner, Producer - Alex Maclean, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Rayner, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Phill Hedderman, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Plourde, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Sister Wives, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2012 Universal-Island Records Ltd.
Cenzo Townshend, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Alex Winston, Music Production, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ben Hollingsworth, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Charlie Hugall, Producer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas Greenwood, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Alex Maclean, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Rayner, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Phill Hedderman, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Plourde, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Sister Wives, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2012 Universal-Island Records Ltd.
Richard Morris, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Alex Winston, Music Production, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ben Hollingsworth, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Charlie Hugall, Producer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Thomas Greenwood, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Alex Maclean, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Rayner, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Phill Hedderman, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - The Sister Wives, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Eric Maluchnik, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2012 Universal-Island Records Ltd.
Cenzo Townshend, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - James Patterson, Producer - Alex Winston, Music Production, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ben Hollingsworth, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Charlie Hugall, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas Greenwood, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Benjamin Ruttner, Producer - Alex Maclean, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Rayner, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Phill Hedderman, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Plourde, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Sister Wives, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2012 Universal-Island Records Ltd.
Cenzo Townshend, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - James Patterson, Producer - Alex Winston, Music Production, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ben Hollingsworth, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Charlie Hugall, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas Greenwood, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Benjamin Ruttner, Producer - Alex Maclean, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Rayner, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Phill Hedderman, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Plourde, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Sister Wives, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2012 Universal-Island Records Ltd.
Cenzo Townshend, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Bjorn Yttling, ComposerLyricist - Alex Winston, Music Production, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ben Hollingsworth, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Charlie Hugall, Producer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas Greenwood, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Alex Maclean, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Rayner, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Phill Hedderman, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Plourde, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Sister Wives, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2012 Universal-Island Records Ltd.
Cenzo Townshend, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Alex Winston, Music Production, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ben Hollingsworth, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Charlie Hugall, Producer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas Greenwood, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Alex Maclean, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Rayner, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Phill Hedderman, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Plourde, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Sister Wives, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2012 Universal-Island Records Ltd.
Matt Sweeney, ComposerLyricist - Lasse Marten, ComposerLyricist - Bjorn Yttling, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Alex Winston, Music Production, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ben Hollingsworth, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Charlie Hugall, Producer, Mixer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Thomas Greenwood, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Alex Maclean, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Ben McClusky, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Rayner, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Phill Hedderman, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - The Sister Wives, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2012 Universal-Island Records Ltd.
Cenzo Townshend, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Alex Winston, Music Production, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ben Hollingsworth, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Charlie Hugall, Producer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Thomas Greenwood, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Alex Maclean, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Ben McClusky, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Rayner, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Phill Hedderman, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - The Sister Wives, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2012 Universal-Island Records Ltd.
Album review
The full-length follow-up to her 2011 debut EP Sister Wife, 2012's King Con features more of singer/songwriter Alex Winston's buoyant, technicolor psych and folk-influenced pop. A opera-trained vocalist, the Michigan-born Winston came off as a kind of cherubic indie rock Kate Bush on Sister Wife, and King Con does nothing if not reinforce this notion. These are meticulously crafted, gargantuanly melodic songs that frame Winston's fairy siren of a voice with swirling, sparkling productions (via the Knocks) rife with bells and keyboards, shimmering guitar bits, and veritable marching bands of rhythm. While a few tracks carry over from Sister Wife, including the title track, the '60s girl group-sounding "Choice Notes," and the yearning "Locomotive," listeners also get more than few hummable, immediately catchy numbers like the swoony "Velvet Elvis" and the wide-eyed and cinematic "Medicine." While the album title suggests that Winston's talents may be less than genuine, King Con is never anything less than truly inspired.
© Matt Collar /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:42:54
- Main artists: Alex Winston
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: V2 - Cooperative Music
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2012 Island Records Ltd. under exclusive licence to V2 Records International Ltd. ℗ 2012 Island Records Ltd. under exclusive licence to V2 Records International Ltd.
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