The Witch Hazel Sound hail from Kent, Ohio, and at present comprise Mark F on vocals, Kevin Coral on a variety of things with strings and keys, and Mike Split on bass. For this release, they are accompanied by various guests on percussion, horns, strings and harmony vocals. Their sound is informed by everything from artists like The Beach Boys, Love to lounge/exotica like John Barry and Burt Bacharach. They share possibly only with the UK's Boo Radleys a desire to recreate the dense walls of instrumentation that are found on these records, the Spector within their souls demanding layers of bass, acoustic guitar, horns, strings and keyboards.

Things have been quiet in the Witch Hazel neck of the woods since their critically swooned-over late 1995 debut, "Landlocked" was released by our friends at the most excellent Flydaddy label. The esteemed Ptolemaic Terrascope called "Landlocked": "twelve songs of near pop genius". It received favourable coverage in Mojo, Alternative Press, CMJ (both weekly and monthly), Billboard, Music Week in Britain named it record of the week.

"It's All True" heralds a move away from guitars to a bigger, more orchestrated sound, as the band continue their journey through various way-stations in the pop continuum. Guitarist Kevin Coral says, "there is a LARGE influence of John Barry, Ennio Morricone and Francis Lai, as well as the big reverby, echoey sounds of Spector/Walker Brothers/Little Anthony and the Imperials. We've still got that West-Coast thing happening (especially on a song called "Hawthorne" which actually sounds more like a classic Jimmy Webb song ala "Wichita Lineman") but the "soundtrack thing" is VERY prominent."

This is an EP that burst with history, and the classic appeal of pure song-writing. It also swirls, amazes and disorients the listener like the best psychedelic pop recordings the late 60s.