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It Happened On A Day, by Tunng, Woodcraft Folk, Shady Bard, Various (10" on Great Pop Supplement)

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Format: 10"
Label: Great Pop Supplement
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Rating: ecstatic This record left our Phil feeling ecstatic.

Great Pop Supplement do it again with a cracking 5 band split 10" job. And it doesn't feature any old toss... oh no. On 'It Happened In A Day' you get exclusive songs by Tunng, Woodcraft Folk, Laughing Windows, Shady Bard & Adam Leonard with PG Six. Class!! There's only 1000 of these suckers so don't dawdle. And we've got 'em before anyone else which is a bit of a scoop for us here! Tunng open up the proceedings with an incredible tune. It's one of their best I reckon..... if you bought the ep for this one track you' won't feel hard done to. I'm not gonna go into what Tunng sound like cos you really should know now. Fortunately Woodcraft Folk pop along with a weird little electronic ditty which could be mistaken for some of the Ghost Box stuff with some weird vocals? Possibly a bit White Noisey? The unheard band on here for me are Laughing Windows who's psyche sounding tune is ridiculously catchy...and it clocks in like a more folk sounding Spacemen 3/ Spiritualized filmic thing with a real paranoid feel to it. It's a really claustrophobic tune. Shady Bard's turn next with the gentle miserable approach to things which will make you run for the razor blades.... this one is quite orchestral sounding and they have that grandiose Coldplay thing going on yet it sounds completely fragile at the same time.... Go figure. The EP ends with Adam Leonard and PG Six which is a beautiful blues/ psych/ Syd Barret influenced sounding tune to finish the proceedings. Fantastic stuff and well worthy of the coveted single of the week prize!!

What the label says:

5 tracks feat. exclusives from: Tunng, The Woodcraft Folk, The Laughing Windows, Shady Bard and Adam Leonard & P.G. Six. The Great Pop Supplement has created a cool, word of mouth buzz this year with gorgeously packaged, musically fabulous 45s from a who’s who of the current psych / folk fraternity: voice of the seven woods, hush arbors, wooden wand, phosphorescent, and pete greenwood amongst others- even venturing right back to 1929 for a 45 featuring the incredible, hypnotic gospel blues of Washington Phillips. The future looks equally bright, forthcoming releases include Matt Valentine aka MV & EE, James Blackshaw, Elephant Micah and Jack Rose. However, with this release the label’s profile seems set to increase further. 5 completely exclusive new tunes form the collective might of: Tunng, Shady Bard, The Woodcraft Folk, The Laughing Windows and Adam Leonard & P.G. Six. Tunng kick the EP off with a tune recorded during the sessions for the bands’ new full length due soon- a song which lyrically, almost apologises to the label for waiting for the master / tune to arrive! (The record was muted as far back as a year ago so no-one can accuse the GPS of impatience). A typically astute blend of folky, glitchy electronica as always. Next up come The Woodcraft Folk who offer up “Them There Eyes”- a band whose debut album “Trough of Bowland” sold out immediately when released on Earworm a coupla years back, -leading to a main stage slot at last year’s Green Man festival. Side Two features London psych band The Laughing Windows, a fabulous blend of film samples, loops, electronics woven around a folk base. Their track here “Bialowieza” revolves around a simple riff which builds incessantly until Shady Bard appear almost from nowhere! The band have just released their debut album to rapturous reviews on Static Caravan- and it’s arguable if there’s a finer intro to the band’s sound than “What’s Behind the Door?” included here. Ending the EP is a mighty collaboration between Adam Leonard and acclaimed U.S singer / songwriter, and Drag City recording artiste P. G. Six. Starting as a gently strummed blues this then turns the listener full circle into an almost Syd era Floyd psych nugget. A wonderful EP available on vinyl only- none of that cd nonsense here. Pressing of 1000 only, so be prompt…

 

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