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The Grey Tower itself is assembled of 17 players, finessing the ride between bright, sun-dappled hippy pop and intense, squally fuzz with saxophone, harmonica, heavy strings and a Baldwin Electric Harpsichord.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally intending their collaboration with a dedicated producer to be a double-album, a new sense of purpose and direction instead guided them to a drum-tight clutch of tracks that just fits on two sides instead of four. As well as recording\u003ci\u003e Zombie\u003c\/i\u003e direct to tape, El Goodo dug around in Lewis’ rich archive of analogue equipment at his Aeriel studio in Carmarthenshire, including a rare Univox early synth used by Joe Meek in the recording of his 1962 game-changer Telstar (now used by the band on I Can’t Leave). The result of their journey is a rich tapestry of valve-powered sound, recalling the White Album, Scott Walker, The Troggs, Gene Clark, the Beach Boys and numerous other ‘golden-age’ sonic explorers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Strangetown","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50388071940427,"sku":"1095563","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50388075807051,"sku":"1095564","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/f4b1f2f7-7d2a-40b4-a239-9745d50c00fc_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726339477"},{"product_id":"coyote-1","title":"Coyote","description":"\u003cp\u003eEl Goodo's second harmony-drenched album at last gets a physical release. Based in South Wales, the band recorded\u003ci\u003e Coyote\u003c\/i\u003e in their own studio before going on to mix it with Cian Ciaran from Super Furry Animals at the controls. Indeed El Goodo (named after the classic Big Star tune) first came to the public's attention when SFA released their self-titled debut on the Placid Casual label. Highlights from the album include the single 'I Saw Her Today' with its swirling keyboards, galloping rhythms, mariachi horns and frequent nods to Morricone; and the baroque pop of 'Don't Worry Marie', a short and sweet combination of Left Banke hooks and Teenage Fanclub melodies. Throughout the album there are further signs of influences from the Beach Boys to West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band and Love all recorded with a zeal only recently achieved by the Coral.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Strangetown","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50454606709067,"sku":"1140652","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/a6280b27-adc5-4ba5-b982-636ae2fcf138_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727184932"},{"product_id":"by-order-of-the-moose","title":"By Order Of The Moose","description":"\u003cp\u003eWelsh psych-pop band El Goodo return with their long, long awaited third album \u003ci\u003eBy Order Of The Moose\u003c\/i\u003e, on Cian Ciaran’s (Super Furry Animals) Strangetown Records. Recorded over the course of 8 years in an old derelict cinema in their home village of Resolven, the album is a continuation of where the band left off in 2009 with their previous effort Coyote. Wielding the wide open spaces of spaghetti westerns with the close melodic harmonies of girl groups and the good humour of Nuggets inspired garage rock’n’roll, El Goodo takes you on a trip through their fascination with 60s music. They recorded the album on a 16-track with a small collection of faulty equipment, creating a collection of melodic pop songs, embellished with strings, brass, sitars, harmonicas, xylophones and vocal harmonies (and then seemingly covered it all with dust), that you’d expect to find on some forgotten 60s record that someone has stumbled upon in their attic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Strangetown","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50478989836619,"sku":"1014416","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/59550333-d7c4-4c40-a9e8-fcc4fda80d23_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727497188"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/el-goodo.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}