Dream Signals in Full Circles
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| name = Dream Signals in Full Circles
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| artist = Tristeza
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| released = 2000
| recorded = April 2000
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| genre = Post rock
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| label = Tigerstyle Records
| producer = Dave Trumfio
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{{Music ratings
|rev2= Pitchfork
|rev2score=3.5/10{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/8165-dream-signals-in-full-circles/|title=Tristeza: Dream Signals in Full Circles|website=Pitchfork}}
|rev1= AllMusic
|rev1score={{rating|4|5|}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/dream-signals-in-full-circles-mw0000102998|title=Dream Signals in Full Circles - Tristeza | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic|via=www.allmusic.com}}
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Dream Signals in Full Circles is an LP by Tristeza, released on Tigerstyle Records in 2000.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/tristeza-mn0000024219/biography|title=Tristeza | Biography & History|website=AllMusic}}{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5CoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA66|title=Reviews|work=CMJ New Music Monthly|date=November 16, 2000|publisher=CMJ Network, Inc.|via=Google Books}}
Production
The album was recorded at Kingsize studio, in Chicago, and was produced by Dave Trumfio.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/80778/dream-signals-in-full-circles|title=Dream Signals In Full Circles|magazine=Billboard}}
Critical reception
AllMusic wrote that "the one most overt Krautrocking number of the bunch, 'Auroura Borealis', is pretty much a shorter version of Neu!'s 'Fur Immer', but it makes up for the near plagiarism with yet another soaring yet deceptively simple guitar solo that evokes a beautiful blue sky to go with the open road." Exclaim! wrote that the album "contains epic pop gems that give atmosphere to whatever room it's played in."{{Cite web|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/tristeza-dream_signals_in_full_circles|title=Tristeza Dream Signals In Full Circles|website=exclaim.ca}} Phoenix New Times called it "sweet, viscous instrumental rock," writing that "it may be some of the most beautifully expansive music you hear this year."{{Cite web|url=https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/music/tristeza-6419735|title=Tristeza|first=Niles|last=Baranowski|date=November 2, 2000|website=Phoenix New Times}}
The Washington Post praised the "elastic, jazzy rhythm section that works in great counterpoint to guitarist Jimmy Lavalle's ringing lead lines."{{cite news |last1=Johnson |first1=Martin |title=Instrumental Rock's Quiet Comeback |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=28 July 2002 |page=G5}} The Tallahassee Democrat thought that "the album title is a perfect description of the band's instrumental approach, which blends rock with smooth beats and jazzed-up tempos."{{cite journal |title=Lush guitar life |journal=Tallahassee Democrat |date=6 Oct 2000 |page=G12}} The Arizona Republic wrote that Dream Signals in Full Circles "combines shimmering guitars with gently minimalist rhythms and Stereolab-style tape loops."{{cite journal |last1=Lengel |first1=Kerry |title=SOFTER SIDE OF INDIE ROCK |journal=The Arizona Republic |date=2 Nov 2000 |page=15}}
Track listing
- "Building Peaks" – 4:51
- "Respirá" – 4:37
- "City of the Future" – 5:53
- "Shifty Drifty" – 3:46
- "Auroura Borealis" [sic] – 4:40
- "I Am a Cheetah" – 5:27
- "Chiaroscuro" – 6:22
- "Are We People" – 4:04
- "Opiate Slopes" – 5:37
Personnel
- Christopher Sprague - guitar
- Jimmy LaValle - guitar
- Luis Hermosillo - bass
- James Lehner - drums
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