{"id":947,"date":"2023-06-29T03:54:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T03:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.projekt.com\/store\/product\/area-the-perfect-dream\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T23:57:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T23:57:18","slug":"arc00017","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/product\/arc00017\/","title":{"rendered":"Area: The Perfect Dream (CD)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 307px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album= 501458325\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/artwork=none\/transparent=true\/\" seamless> <a href=\"http:\/\/projektrecords.bandcamp.com\/album\/the-perfect-dream\">The Perfect Dream by Area<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"hideme\">\n<OL><LI> With Louise <LI> I&#8217;ll Gather Flowers | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZAdNpx8bl5Q\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Video<\/a> <LI> Surrender to the Wheel <LI> Sympathy <LI>Why Should I Worry<LI>Vigilant<LI>Thread<LI>Tunnel<LI>As Thick as Thieves<LI>Disappear Here<LI>The Blue Spark<LI>All About Money<LI>Sisters of Mercy<\/OL>\n<\/div>\n<p><BR><br \/>\nAREA:<br \/>\nLynn Canfield<br \/>\nHenry Frayne<br \/>\nSteve Jones<br \/>\nGlenn Graham, sax and clarinet<br \/>\nNick Rudd, guitar on With Louise<br \/>\nK Paul Boyev, bass on Thieves<br \/>\n1988. Area&#8217;s 3rd album.<br \/>\n<BR><br \/>\n<FONT FACE=\"TIMES\" SIZE=+2 COLOR=\"976D57\"> A review from Melody Maker, England, March 4 1989<\/FONT><br \/>\n&#8220;AREA are an American trio and &#8220;The Perfect Dream&#8221; is the first of their three albums to be released here under a new link-up between London&#8217;s Third Mind and the Mid-West C&#8217;est La Morte labels. It&#8217;s hard to imagine a more beautiful beginning to any relationship.<\/p>\n<p><BR>The essential focus here is Lynn Canfield&#8217;s voice. Il&#8217;s effortlessly seductive, reducing odd syllables to a whisper, a sense of calm weeping from every note in spite of the articulation of loss and loneliness, confusion and incomprehension, fears and pains, yearnings and soft burnings. With &#8220;Sympathy&#8221; and &#8220;Vigilant&#8221;, the effect is especially disturbing in a way not dissimilar to that crafted by Hugo Largo&#8217;s Mimi.<\/p>\n<p><BR>Musically, the album is a triumph of minimalism, dreamscapes gently stirred to pale life through the gentle fingering of fretboards and keyboards, some tracks devoid of a rhythmical backbone. &#8220;With Louise&#8221; is, however, an hypnotic purr and others, the likes of &#8220;Surrender To The Wheel and &#8220;As Thick As Thieves&#8221; feature saxophone and clarinet.<\/p>\n<p><BR>Grasping at clouds and clinging to Gabriel&#8217;s frayed gown. A wonder.<br \/>\n<BR><FONT FACE=\"TIMES\" SIZE=+2 COLOR=\"976D57\"> A review from SOUNDS, May 1989<\/FONT><br \/>\nThe angel resting on a sword on this album&#8217;s cover is a perfect indication of the vocal talents of Area singer Lynn Canfield. Poised and graceful, she floats on silver wings over a candid dreamscape of music, aching for perfect love. <strong>The Perfect Dream<\/strong> moves in the shapes and contours of sleep, with Canfield&#8217;s voice taking the focus. Only an amalgamation of Clannad with Dead Can Dance could produce anything so atmospheric yet so articulate. Most mood music is background music. This, however, is eerily compelling, a dark netherworld of exploration, which unfolds with mystery and complexity as the tracks progress. Hence, <strong>The Perfect Dream<\/strong> is almost a concept album. The tracks merge to paint an inspired, abstract artwork. And it is perfect, Almost. 3.5 stars. -Cathi Unsworth <\/p>\n<p><BR><FONT FACE=\"TIMES\" SIZE=+2 COLOR=\"976D57\"> A review from Under The Volcano 1998<\/FONT><br \/>\nArea were a band musically that were right where they should have been for their time, circa \u201888. This is very 4AD sounding in the sense of Cocteau Twins and This Mortal Coil. You get female vocals over ghostly guitars and scare drum beats, this was definitely for the black clad set. Oddly enough, now we\u2019d say this is very Projekt Records-ish. At the time this stuff came out, Projekt\u2019s domination of the scene was just starting to build into the massive snowball it is now. This is loaded with the sort of melancholia that you get when you write rather deep and introspective songs. This stuff still holds up, which is partially due to the fact that the gloom and doom seems real rather than painted on.\u201d<br \/>\n<BR><br \/>\n<FONT FACE=\"TIMES\" SIZE=+2 COLOR=\"976D57\"> A review from Magnet Magazine, Dec 1998<\/FONT><br \/>\nWhile The Moon Seven Times has dissolved, guitarist Henry Fraynes now leads Lanterna, and singer Lynn Canfield and drummer Brendan Gamble are in Shotgun Wedding. Additionally, fans of The Moon Seven Times will be pleased that the Projekt label has unearthed two of the four albums by enigmatic pop trio Area, the group Canfield and Frayne first played in together. On both <B>The Perfect Dream<\/B> and <B>Radio Caroline<\/B>, Frayne conjures up a radiant guitar ether that gently spirals around Canfield\u2019s emotive, fragile voice as they both mesh with Steve Jones\u2019 suitably delicate keyboards and programmed rhythms. Word has it that Jones has resurrected Area and is recording new songs.<br \/>\n<BR><br \/>\n<FONT FACE=\"TIMES\" SIZE=+2 COLOR=\"976D57\"> A review from Etch Magazine, Dec 1998<\/FONT><br \/>\nTwo re-issues (from 1987 and 1998) from this Champaign, IL, band. The music is an exquisite combination of ambient, darkwave and dream pop. Their influences that I could pick up were Dead Can Dance, Roxy Music and Leonard Cohen (which you can hear even before their stellar version of \u201cSisters of Mercy\u201d). Not only do both CDs contain beautifully composed music, they also feature the seductive, breathy vocals of Lynn Canfield, who later moved on to The Moon Seven Times and is currently in Shotgun Wedding. 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