Erland & The Carnival – Erland & The Carnival
A seamless blend of 60’s garage-influenced compositions & psychedelic interpretations of traditional folk songs, Erland & The Carnival prove that modern folk music has less to do with acoustic guitars, meek dispositions, beards & woolly jumpers & more about what kind of musical tale you can spin. Orkney born frontman Erland Cooper, guitarist Simon Tong (The Verve & The Good, The Bad & The Queen) & drummer David Nock ( The Firemen, Paul McCartney’s band) treat folk history like a jumble sale to be picked from at will, with the result being both raucous & tuneful & breathing new life into a much neglected genre. Swinging from quiet seduction & folk-tinged ballads one minute to psychedelic swagger with a seedy underbelly the next, there is a definite retro feel to proceedings which is executed perfectly & manages to fall on the right side of parody. ‘E&TC’ is an accomplished & eloquent debut album, using literary and musical references to create moments that are at once familiar & unique. There are some albums that are discovered like treasure, hidden away & listened to in private. Then there are others that need to be shared with the world, played loud on the car stereo for all to hear. This is one of them.
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