℗ 2013 Sub Pop Records
| Released | September 26, 2013 |
| Duration | 41m 01s |
| Record Label | Sub Pop Records |
| Genre | Alternative Rock |
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1.1
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Entrance
Washed Out |
1:25 | |||
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1.2
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It All Feels Right
Washed Out |
4:05 | |||
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1.3
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Don't Give Up
Washed Out |
3:54 | |||
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1.4
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Weightless
Washed Out |
4:55 | |||
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1.5
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All I Know
Washed Out |
5:26 | |||
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1.6
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Great Escape
Washed Out |
5:06 | |||
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1.7
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Paracosm
Washed Out |
6:32 | |||
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1.8
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Falling Back
Washed Out |
5:46 | |||
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1.9
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All Over Now
Washed Out |
3:52 |
The music recorded by Ernest Greene as Washed Out has been nothing if not dreamy, and on his second full-length, Paracosm, he takes the dreamlike, otherworldly atmospheres of his music a huge leap further.
The title refers to a phenomenon in which people create detailed imaginary worlds, and the idea of escaping is all over Paracosm’s music and lyrics. Paracosm finds Greene reaching beyond the computers and synths that filled Washed Out’s previous recordings, expanding his sonic palette to include over 50 different instruments, the most significant of which turned out to be old keyboards like the Mellotron, Chamberlin, Novatron, and Optigan.
“I’ve grown as a songwriter to the point where I want to have more involved arrangements, and that’s really hard to do with sampling. These machines were kind of a happy medium: The sounds have a very worn, distressed quality about them, much like an old sample. But they also offer much more flexibility because they’re playable.”
- Ernest Greene
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Sub Pop Records Studio Masters
Tracks 1-9 – 48 kHz / 24-bit PCM, mastered in 96 kHz / 24-bit
Tracks 1-9 – 48 kHz / 24-bit PCM, mastered in 96 kHz / 24-bit
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -0.56 -0.60 to -0.50 | -12.67 -18.90 to -11.36 | -9.83 -14.80 to -8.50 | 7 7 to 10 | |
| 1 | Entrance | -0.50 | -18.90 | -14.8 | 10 |
| 2 | It All Feels Right | -0.50 | -11.94 | -9.8 | 7 |
| 3 | Don't Give Up | -0.50 | -11.82 | -9.2 | 7 |
| 4 | Weightless | -0.55 | -11.51 | -8.8 | 7 |
| 5 | All I Know | -0.60 | -11.36 | -8.5 | 7 |
| 6 | Great Escape | -0.60 | -12.54 | -10.0 | 7 |
| 7 | Paracosm | -0.60 | -12.03 | -9.3 | 7 |
| 8 | Falling Back | -0.60 | -12.04 | -8.9 | 7 |
| 9 | All Over Now | -0.60 | -11.86 | -9.2 | 7 |