In what now seems, somewhat miraculously, to be an annual free-pass for self-indulgence, I’ve been allowed to compile another one of my psych CDs to come free with the new issue of Uncut; the one with The Who on the cover, hence the CD’s pretty arbitrary title, “Seeing For Miles”. As with last year’s “Interstellar Overdrive”, I figured it may be useful to post links to a bunch of blogs about the artists on the disc. A couple of things here that I haven’t mystifyingly, blogged about. One is the new Six Organs Of Admittance album, which is lovely, but somehow stumped me to write about; I’ve linked instead to one of the numerous other posts on Ben Chasny. The other is Theo Angell’s “Wakeling”, from his “Tenebrae” album. Angell is affiliated to the Jackie O Motherfucker collective, and now seems to have found a Brooklyn home alongside various Tower Recordings alumni. Consequently, “Wakeling” fits in well with that latter sound – evocative crypto-folk of the kind we used, in more innocent times, to call freak folk. Anyway, here’s the full tracklisting. Let me know what you think when you’ve had a listen. 1. Arbouretum - “Another Hiding Place” 2. Assemble Head In Sunburst Sound - “Kolob Canyon” 3. Sleepy Sun – “New Age” 4. Deradoorian - “Moon” 5. Ganglians - “The Void” 6. White Denim - “Mirrored & Reverse” 7. Wooden Shjips - “Down By The Sea” 8. Sun Araw - “Heavy Deeds” 9. Sir Richard Bishop - “Barbary” 10. Six Organs Of Admittance - “Actaeon’s Fall” 11. Theo Angell - “Wakeling” 12. Mountains - “Map Table”
In what now seems, somewhat miraculously, to be an annual free-pass for self-indulgence, I’ve been allowed to compile another one of my psych CDs to come free with the new issue of Uncut; the one with The Who on the cover, hence the CD’s pretty arbitrary title, “Seeing For Miles”.
As with last year’s “Interstellar Overdrive”, I figured it may be useful to post links to a bunch of blogs about the artists on the disc. A couple of things here that I haven’t mystifyingly, blogged about. One is the new Six Organs Of Admittance album, which is lovely, but somehow stumped me to write about; I’ve linked instead to one of the numerous other posts on Ben Chasny.
The other is Theo Angell’s “Wakeling”, from his “Tenebrae” album. Angell is affiliated to the Jackie O Motherfucker collective, and now seems to have found a Brooklyn home alongside various Tower Recordings alumni. Consequently, “Wakeling” fits in well with that latter sound – evocative crypto-folk of the kind we used, in more innocent times, to call freak folk.
Anyway, here’s the full tracklisting. Let me know what you think when you’ve had a listen.
1. Arbouretum – “Another Hiding Place”
2. Assemble Head In Sunburst Sound – “Kolob Canyon”
6. White Denim – “Mirrored & Reverse”
7. Wooden Shjips – “Down By The Sea”
9. Sir Richard Bishop – “Barbary”
10. Six Organs Of Admittance – “Actaeon’s Fall”
11. Theo Angell – “Wakeling”
