Swedish husband-and-wife duo Wildbirds & Peacedrums follow up the critically acclaimed debut 'Heartcore' with the primal and striking 'The Snake' A complex blend of tribal crashes, percussive loops, and gutsy primitive soul music strikes an immediate and invigorating chord, before reverting to a measured resonant hush.
Brooding throughout (with the starkness broken rarely) the album closes with the epic "My Heart"... An uplifting seven minutes that blossomes into a full-blown gospel anthem territory.... "I'm lost without your rhythm".
Addictive stuff.... you'll hit play again as soon as it stops.
1 Island 2 There Is No Light 3 Chain of Steel 4 So Soft So Pink 5 Places 6 Great Lines 7 Today/Tomorrow 8 Liar Lion 9 Who Ho Ho Ho 10 My Heart
In full flight, the effect is sensual, pulverising and mesmeric, as Wallentin cries out lyrics such as: "There is no light, my eyelids ache" and "She's got a hold of me, in a nasty way". What it all means is anyone's guess, but listen closely and you can hear them throwing in Motown keyboards, steel drums, xylophones and presumably a job lot of kitchen sinks. - The Guardian
A brand-new British record label, 40 years in the making, introducing fans of psychedelic / jazz / folk / funk / avant-garde and whacked-out movie musak to a lost world of undiscovered vinyl artifacts from the annals of alternative pop history.
Volume four is compiled by Gruff Rhys and features an exclusive track by S.P. Balasubramaniyam / K.S. Chitra / Ilaiyaraaja taken from forthcoming K.S. Chitra EP.