Best name of the week goes to 'St Catherine's Home For Lazy Infants' and they're brand new album 'Old Ghosts' on the Slow Loris label. What a great name for a band!! The CD is packaged in a '2-layer stenciled and stamped chipboard sleeve with insert.' It's a lovely looking thing. Whack it on your beatbox stereo system and you'll be instantly wowed by the lush sounds on offer. Loads of psychedelic loopy guitar noises and bedroom electronics with some lush guitar pluckery and lots of shimmery hazey sound effects all wanged together into a delicious pot of soup with the word coherent written on the bowl. It works really well as it dashes from droney loopy effects to more simple tunes with just acoustic guitar. The mood ranges from sombre to playful in no time. An excellent debut from someone to watch out for I reckon!!
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Sound clips for Old Ghosts by St Catherine's Home For Lazy Infants: on CD at Norman Records UK. CD, Slow Loris, SLO28, £9.29.
St. Catherine's Home for Lazy Infants: "Old Ghosts" (Slow Loris)
"Old Ghosts" is the debut album by St. Catherine's Home for Lazy Infants, released on the Irish independent label Slow Loris (home to Northstation / At Last an Atlas / The Hollows / Paul G. Smyth / Somadrone).
St. Catherine's Home for Lazy Infants is essentially the solo imprint of Alex Synge, Dublin-based musician and member of a number of bands including The Dewoh and Toothsticks. He builds up layers of guitar, synth, organ, minimal piano as well as a wide range of toy instruments and found sounds to create warm, swirling and delicate instrumentals to fill your ears as the winter creeps in.
The album comes packaged in a hand-assembled chipboard arigato-pack sleeve featuring a two-layer hand-painted stencil by The First 47.
Tracklist:
1. Tangled Hair 2. Grand Parade 3. The Pull of the Earth 4. Shooting Stars 5. Klüver’s Constants 6. Whiskey Blanket 7. The Gift 8. Till Every Motion, Pulse and Breath Be Over... 9. It’s OK
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