Recommended by us on 22nd October 2010
...according to our Brett on Thu 21 Oct, 2010.
Hark friend, do you hear? It's the LEGENDARY SHIT alarm ringing in your ear. An official 180g reissue, from the original master tapes no less, of one of the most insane (and influential) experimental folk records of all time, one that really, truly earns the retrospective 'freak folk' tag more than almost any of the comparatively tame and conventional contemporary types who were described that way when the term began to be bandied about. Super dark themes and nightmarish visions abound in this total one-off of a record. It's the sort of album I prefer not to get too analytical about in case the peculiar magic is diluted any so I'll leave it there and merely advise you to check out a tune or two somewhere if I've succeeded in piquing your interest...
Considered by many to be the cream of British acid folk, the debut album from this most enigmatic band is given special treatment on this high quality vinyl reissue.
Listening to First Utterance is like entering a different and strange world. The lyrics of Roger Wootton are very visual in a nightmarish almost medieval way. Timeless anthems such as Drip Drip, The Bite and Diana only get better with age. Totally unique and excellent musicianship; surely the heaviest album ever recorded with acoustic guitars?
Side A
1. Diana
2. The Herald
3. Drip, Drip
Side B
4. Song to Comus
5. The Bite
6. Bitten
7. The Prisoner
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