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Determined to craft a work of lasting power, Sherwood likens to the album to the work that Rick Rubin did with Johnny Cash on the American Recordings series, a deeply personal work (the album title refers to Lee’s birth name) and arguably the strongest batch of original material that Perry has released for many years. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the atmospheric field recording and wah-wah guitar of album opener \u003ci\u003eCricket On The Moon\u003c\/i\u003e, to the gothic cello embellishment on \u003ci\u003eLet It Rain\u003c\/i\u003e, the chopped-and-compressed horn section of \u003ci\u003eMakumba Rock\u003c\/i\u003e, to the layered, carefully arranged backing vocals like a heavenly chorus throughout the record, this is an album with true love, care and attention poured into it’s every groove. 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It also serves as a reminder that Sherwood has been far from idle since his last release under his own name: in recent years releasing critically acclaimed new albums with not only the Upsetter, but also Horace Andy, Sonic Boom (Spacemen 3) \u0026amp; Panda Bear (Animal Collective), African Head Charge, Spoon, Creation Rebel, Pinch and more. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Russian Oscillator\" perhaps cleaves closest to the Sherwood and Pinch records, experimental electronics weaving in and out of heavy sound system sonics and a ruffneck dancehall adjacent swing. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe EP closes with \"Cold War Skank\", a left hand turn off the highway into scorched desert blues, distorted slide guitar patterns over widescreen film score atmospherics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAvailable as a strictly limited and collectable 10\" vinyl, mastered and cut by Frank Merritt at The Carvery, housed in a classic On-U disco plate sleeve, with cover collage by Studio Tape-Echo.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"On U Sound","offers":[{"title":"10\" - Black","offer_id":51776193921355,"sku":"R7190-1652","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/unnamed_9a39473f-a6c9-427f-a546-2f7b02c15cd9.jpg?v=1746526148"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/on-u-sound.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}