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Tracing their inspiration from Dennis Wilson to Gram Parsons and On The Beach era Neil Young, they equally draw from early gospel soaked Spiritualized, jangle pop, spaghetti western soundtracks (\u003ci\u003eMean Old Man\u003c\/i\u003e), old Bossa Nova records (\u003ci\u003eWater Song\u003c\/i\u003e) and prohibition-era blues (\u003ci\u003eToo Many Wired Hours\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Crimson Crow","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50478986985803,"sku":"1027108","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/ebb1c203-cc2c-487e-b405-13ffbc434423_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727497137"},{"product_id":"over-the-silvery-lake","title":"Over the Silvery Lake","description":"\u003cp\u003eLondon-based psych-folk outfit The Hanging Stars release their much anticipated debut album \u003cem\u003eOver the Silvery Lake\u003c\/em\u003e via The Great Pop Supplement \/ Crimson Crow. Blending folk pastoralism with swampy 60s Americana, they sound like the missing link between the California desert sun and the grey skies of London Town. The album was recorded between LA, Nashville and Walthamstow, with each of these vastly different places leaving an indelible mark on the songs. Fronted by London-based songwriter, singer and guitarist Richard Olson (The See See, Eighteenth Day of May), The Hanging Stars are essentially a loose collective of people who weave together a blissed-out psychedelic tapestry. There are a number of allusions to nature and the weather on the album, borne in part out of the contrasting surroundings in which it was produced. The band's fascination with Americana led them to record some of the material Stateside, laying down some of the parts at Battle Tapes Studios in Nashville (Lambchop, Paperhead), as well as at Vision Quest Studios in Los Angeles with Rob Campanella. His work with The Quarter After, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Beachwood Sparks and The Tyde was a perfect match to capture their sound and they even had San Franciscan legend Christof Certik step in on lead guitar for a couple of tracks. Following the LA recordings, a trip to the Californian desert provided the core notion of what they wanted to produce - a shard of light that they clung on to whilst recording the rest of the album in the significantly more rain soaked atmosphere of Walthamstow, London, under the watchful eye of Brian O'Shaughnessy at Bark Studios (The Clientele, Comet Gain, My Bloody Valentine). 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As well as the band’s signature wistful pastoral escapism, there are lyrical concerns about the recent past; the systematic division of people, values, facts and humanity in The West in general - and the UK in particular. The band weave the same thread they have always woven but this time with a more unified vision, creating a kaleidoscopic poncho for these times.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Crimson Crow","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50531079618891,"sku":"1082717","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/fb511f3e-01f6-448c-b93c-00e17ae920c0_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1728093017"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/crimson-crow.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}