{"title":"Haress","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaress is a talented and innovative artist known for their unique blend of genres, including folk, psychedelic rock, and experimental music. With a career spanning over [number] years, Haress has established themselves as a respected figure in the music industry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTheir captivating melodies and thought-provoking lyrics have garnered them a dedicated fan base worldwide. Haress's music is characterized by intricate guitar work, haunting vocals, and atmospheric soundscapes that transport listeners to another realm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhether performing live or recording in the studio, Haress brings an undeniable passion and authenticity to their craft. Their ability to push boundaries and explore new sonic territories sets them apart from other artists in the industry. 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The stories of what occurred are told on the flexi disc that accompanies the LP but the group’s plans for a relaxing break in the country were scuppered by events that were either highly unusual, or positively supernatural (depending on your own beliefs in such things). Well-made plans were abandoned and the recording was forced to develop according to the location it was being made in. Chance and accident were welcomed as a collaborator rather than a saboteur and the group exited the sessions extremely freaked-out but with the makings of an album. \u003ci\u003eGhosts \u003c\/i\u003eis an incredible piece of work and posits Haress on their own when it comes to developing new approaches to traditional musical forms. The music contains many moments of immediate joy - the relative pop of House’s vocals on White Over, the wild horns of I Think I Think, the rush of warmth as Time To Drink morphs into focus. But it also stretches the sound Haress have carefully developed almost to breaking point with sections of music that feel like somebody - something - else is steering the ship. The 2 final songs – Litres Into Metres and Sussurus – are joined together by a collage of site-specific sound. It was decided to add the output from a detuned long wave radio to this section on the final night of recording. 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Black Emperor, Shovel Dance Collective, Big Brave, Steve Von Till and appearances at Supersonic and Krankenhaus Festivals - not to mention making fans of everyone from Kevin Martin to James Holden in the process. Skylarks is perhaps the natural conclusion of these past few years for the group. Whereas previous Haress recordings have embraced something of the unknown in the process of their\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003emaking, Skylarks sees a well-travelled group of musicians carefully craft long and expressive pieces of music in a powerful and instinctual way. The music here might be long, but it never sprawls out of control. The telepathy present in live performance has been harnessed and used to carefully compose and arrange these four pieces, narrating a journey through landscape and time that is as powerful as it is beautiful. Inspired by found folk songs, the power of nature and the power of community and Ben Myers' brutal tale of resistance The Gallows Pole, Haress have created a genuinely epic soundtrack to a world both past and future, real and imagined. The ambience and atmosphere of the recording (expertly captured by Phil Booth of JT Soar Studio on location in\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003ethe group's hometown of Bishop's Castle) is entirely natural, the sound of an ensemble playing live in the room around you. The only vocal interjection this time comes from a choir of voices, replicating the communal singing that has been the centrepiece of Haress live performances. When the voices emerge, it feels truly euphoric and heavy. 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