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Fell's Second CD "Incoherent Lullabies" Out Now! On their second album, Denver, Colorado outfit Fell have planted a flag at the intersection point of post-rock, dream-pop and psychedelia, and claimed this unique place in the music continuum as their own. They have done this without expensive studios, name producers or extravagant budgets just a dedication to achieving sublime sonics, and a recognition of a very important guiding principle: "it's the song…stupid". The dark, post-Joy Division, post Disintegration-era Cure tonalities of their debut have been replaced by a shimmering, gorgeously-melodic trips that recall the more blissed out moments of bands like The Telescopes, as well as the space-pop of driving force Josh Wambeke's earlier project Phineas Gage. It's now in stores, and as always available to mail order, detailed information here. Links to a free MP3 download track here. (16 Aug 09).

Green Pajamas "Hidden Minutes" LP Out Now. An LP only compilation of odds'n'sods that seemed to beg to be brought together into neat package for fans of Jeff Kelly's fertile song-writing imagination and psych-pop recording stylings. Various singles that had been made available on the internet only needed a place on the "permanent record", and as Jeff's says "I had a double album's worth of stuff that didn't really go together all that great. I've had the 'album' tracks for a new release and then a whole other batch of songs that sound more like singles". So here you have it, a virtual cornucopia of tracks that in an ideal world would be spinning out of your car radio in classic 7" fashion.. You can order it using the main ordering page here (or use the button to the right on this page). Detailed information here. Links to a free MP3 download track here. (24 Mar 09).

United Bible Studies CD "The Jonah" Out Now. A cornucopia of sonic delights, traversing the spectrum from delicate folk to sprawling progressive rock. Richard Youngs' progressive rock project Ilk provided the impetus for the band to make a "Prog Album" so they started with the everything-but-the-kitchen- sink opus "The Jonah". Running the gamut from delicate acoustic guitar to Sunn 0))) style doom metal & back again, it's an extraordinary feat of the imagination. Around this central track, a range of shorter tracks orbit, typically acoustic or folk-rock in nature with occasional experimental flourishes, they are characterized by glorious melodies & arrangements and a peerless array of guests. Current 93 contributor Richard Moult provides synth & very David Tibet like vocals to opener "The Swallowing", and help out with the space folk piece "A for Andromeda". Ex Mellow Candle singer Allison O'Donnell provides vocals for several tracks, as does Sharron Kraus. You can order it using the main ordering page here (or use the button to the right on this page). Detailed information here. Links to MP3s here. (04 Mar 09).

Information added on 2009 Releases. In 2009, Camera Obscura plans to release the next CD from Irish progressive-folk collective United Bible Studies. Titled "The Jonah", you can read about it here. This is due late Feb 09 for mail order, and has a EU release date of 07 Mar 09 and a USA release date of 07 Apr 09. 24 Mar 09 sees an LP-only release by The Green Pajamas. Titled "Hidden Minutes", you can read more about it here, and pre-order it here or use the button to the right>>>. (01 Jan 2009)

New Black Sun Ensemble CD "Across the Sea of Id.." Out Now. 20 years down the track from their debut and the Black Sun Ensemble have come full circle, presenting a pristine, wholly instrumental and semi-acoustic work that recalls their legendary LP debut. After recording over three hours of material for Across the Sea of Id: The Way to Eden, BSE chose songs that created a rich blend of past and new works. The material ranges from not only engaging retellings of early pieces like the majestic Blues for Rainer and a definitive version of the medley Sky Pilot Suite, but also offers a trance-inspired version of St. Cecilia and a more subdued Baphomet’s Curse from "Bolt of Apollo". However, it is the new material that offers a singular, dreamy vision of BSE’s potentially final work. The two title tracks, Across the Sea of Id and Eden Song, are reflective, yet hallucinatory explorations into Acedo’s unique compositional and melodic sensibility. While Angel de la Guardia has a refined yet explosive rock swagger, it is balanced by the meditation Perelandra and La Paz. You can order it using the main ordering page here (or use the button to the right on this page). Detailed information here. Links to MP3s here. (21 May 08).

Some Rusalnaia Reviews. Check out what the press are saying here:

All Music Guide - Ned Raggett's Review (****)
Ptolemaic Terrascope On-Line
Musique Machine
(15 May 08)

Rusalnaia CD Out Now. New psych-folk collaboration between Sharron Kraus and Ex-Reverie member Gillian Chadwick. Eight songs influenced in greater or lesser part by Mellow Candle, Trees and Jefferson Airplane and coming out like "gypsies in Bohemia, smoking opium and drinking ginger tea". Luminously Pagan: a soundtrack to Bergman's "The Virgin Spring" rather than "The Wicker Man". Available for mail order using the main ordering page here (or use the button to the right on this page). Detailed information here. Links to MP3s here. (23 Jan 08).

Linus Pauling Quartet LP Out Now. The LP4 has been carrying the Texas Psych torch since the Mid-90s. Following in the footsteps of the Mike Gunn and Dry Nod this seven member quartet has been praised in the pages of Ptolemaic Terrascope (UK), Rockerilla (Italy), Magnet (USA), Broken Face (Sweden), et al. Their latest slab of psychedelic riff-carnage is now released - on purple vinyl 12" Vinyl LP. The release includes a 12 page insert and free CD-R of the album tracks and limited to 500 copies. You can order the LP from CTD's On-Line "Sakistore" if in the USA or from Clear Spot in the EU. Release notes can be found here. Listen to MP3s from this and other releases here. (04 Nov 07).

Christian Kiefer and Jefferson Pitcher CD Reviews.  Check out what the press are saying here:

Pitchfork Media (7.5)
All Music Guide (4-Stars)
Ptolemaic Terrascope On-Line
Songs:Illinois

 (Updated 29 Oct 07).

Christian Kiefer and Jefferson Pitcher CD Now Out. Available now for early-bird mail order customers, "To All Dead Sailors" is a conceptual collaboration between Kiefer and Pitcher. It's a collection of songs, textures, and field recordings related to the sea, seafaring, death, and beauty, and connects to the song-based side of both artists work; exemplified by "Medicine Show" and "Welcome to Hard Times" on Extreme Records, and their split CD from 2002 "The Inexplicable Falling". You can order it using the main ordering page here (or use the button to the right on this page). Release notes can be found here. Links to MP3s can be found here. (24 Aug 07).

Saint Joan Reviews. Some great reviews of the CD "The Wreckers Lantern" here:

All Music Guide (4 Stars)
Delusions of Adequacy
Ptolemaic Terrascope
Stylus Magazine

(Updated 12 Aug 07)

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