Tracks:
I Listed All of the Velvet Lessons
I Took to You (Like Christ to Wood)
When I Was Young
The End Is the Beginning Born Knowing
Summer's Waning
Willows of Carbeth
Your Head Is the House of Your Tongue
Garlands of Stars
Seven Years a Teardrop
Performer Notes:
- Trembling Bells: Alex Neilson (drums).
- The debut full-length from this English four-piece boasts a strong preoccupation with the English folk scene of the late `60s and early '70s, and blends harmonies imported from traditional English folk ballads with a restless spirit of experimentation. On "I Listed All of the Velvet Lessons," soprano Lavina Blackwell summons the spirit of the great Susan Collins while the band works up a fantastic organ-led drone behind her. Elsewhere the group dabbles in disorienting psychedelia, meditative, Bert Jansch-influenced guitar work, and Byrds-like vocal harmonies, making for an ambitiously eclectic album that manages to retain a distinctively individualistic sound while paying tribute to some of the most talented English musicians of the folk era.
Professional Reviews: Record Collector (magazine) (p.96) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "This bunch of Glasgow-based youngsters feature two of the finest folk singers you'll hear."
Format: Vinyl (1 Disc); Stereo
Country: USA
Studio/Live: Studio
Release Date: 14 April, 2009
Label: HONEST JON'S REC
Dimensions: 0.5 x 31 x 31 centimeters (0.29 kg)