FINAL FANTASY
"Spectrum, 14th Century” CD EP / 10" EP
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01. Oh Spectrum
02. Blue Imelda
03. The Butcher
04. Cockatrice
05. The Ballad Of No-Face

Released September 30, 2008

In May of 2007, Final Fantasy and members of Beirut went outdoors with instruments, microphones, and Alan Lomax’s headphones for an ethnomusicological exercise in fake field recordings that captures the culture of the fictional land of Spectrum. If you’re expecting dulcimers, Tibetan thigh bones, and fertility prayers, you’ll be surprised by the avant pop, birdsong, and hardcore chanson contained within. "Spectrum, 14th Century" may have top notes of Martin Denny’s exotica and the hooks of Rogers and Hammerstein, but the wit and adventurous arrangements of Spectrum’s five songs will be recognizable to any fans of Final Fantasy’s "He Poos Clouds". Spectrum, 14th Century is one of two very different EPs Final Fantasy released in 2008.

Musicians: Patrick Borjal, Perrin Cloutier, Paul Collins, Zach Condon, Kristen Ferebee, Jessica Kepler, Jon Natchez, Owen Pallett, Richard Reed Perry, Nick Petrie, Kelly Pratt and Tracey Pratt.

Recorded in various locations around the Spectral countryside by Mark Lawson, from May to August 2007. Mastered by George Graves at the Lacquer Channel.

Written and arranged by Owen Pallett. Design by Chris Bergh. Printed by Standard Form.

Thanks: Mark Lawson, Jessie Stein, Nico Muhly, Dave Longstreth, Edward Droste, Steven Himmelfarb, Susanne Herrndorf, Maggie McDonald, Ben, Kristianna and Beirut, Arcade Fire, Jan, Tom and the rest of Tomlab, Phil Waldorf and Dead Oceans, Steven Kado & Blocks, Patrick & Steph.