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...according to our Phil on Thu 16 Jun, 2011.
In case you didn't know everything on Fruits De Mer are covers of classic psych tunes. This one is no different as this is a cover of Fleetwood Mac's The Green Manalishi, which I'm not familiar with but Ant here is as it's one of his favourite tunes. Apparently the Melvins did a kick ass version of this 'un a while back! The Earthling Society I've not heard of either (not doing well here I admit) but they appear to have Loop'd this one up a bit with big psych riffs and rocking drums. I've just listened to the original and I confirm this is reasonably faithful but it's more psychey as they've made the instrumental bit at the end well long! Nice! Also they include Fruits De Mer top trumps which I kinda like!
Fleetwood and Cleveleys' finest, Fred Laird and the band have been in the studio cooking up something very special for our first single of 2011 - Fleetwood Mac and obscure sixties psych fans are in for a real treat - Earthling Society's take on 'Green Manalishi' is non-stop driving rock with an eerie/mystic/almost gothic feel that references the Peter Green original, but always goes its own way.
For the b-side, they take a sixties track I have to admit I'd never heard (The Australian 60s garage band James Taylor Move's 'And I Heard The Fire Sing') and find the ghost of Jimi Hendrix in there - just crank up the volume and enjoy.
(in-your-face original sleeve artwork by Geert Oosterhof)
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