For the final instalment in our Journey to Splendour mixtape series (check out previous iterations from HWLS, KLP and Deutsch Duke), Charles Murdoch has put together a subdued, restorative collection of cuts that will be the perfect transition into your Splendour weekend.
There's tons of awesomeness - a splendour for your lugs.
But the Narayanhiti Palace, Kathmandu's recently-vacated royal residence, is less remarkable for its faded splendour than for its dreadful modern design.Completed in 1969, on the site of an older palace, it is built in concrete and marble, with acres of laminated wood panelling and hideous pink carpet.
But that's what happens with songs that capitalise on "the human element", as Gibbard repeatedly refers to the guide for his songwriting in the program for Splendour: Death Cab's back catalogue is full of tiny (or seven-and-a-half minute, whatever) vessels for the elements that make you human.
Pruning a shaggy rose: shaping for future splendour.
Aḥmad al-Manṣūr encouraged the immigration of artisans, and his court was noted for its splendour.
That is, if nothing else, a surprising benchmark for aural splendour.
The University of Greenwich, for example, quit its Woolwich Polytechnic base for the splendour of the former Royal Naval College buildings.
It was the leading dramatic theatre of the English-speaking world, known for pictorial splendour and exactitude in staging.
The Blue Mosque, or Masjed-e Kabūd (1465 66), has long been renowned for the splendour of its blue tile decoration.
