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Taras Bulba
Sometimes The Night
The third release from Fred Laird (Earthling Society) was recorded during the period June 2020 and January 2021 on 24trk
home studio recording. It is also the first album recorded purely as a solo artist with the occasional guest and draws
more from a roots style music (trad it isn't) than previous more psychedelic releases. 'Inspiration for the album came
from listening to the self-recorded primal music of Hasil Adkins and the first solo Link Wray album for Polydor. The
idea of these guys just doing what they wanted back of beyond seemed more akin to me sat in a box room during lockdown
feeding off a diet of Billy Chong Kung Fu horror flicks, David Lynch, Noir crime movies, Jean Cocteau and the works of
Yukio Mishima. Musically the sound draws form early Bad Seeds or Crime & The City Solution, Gallon Drunk, Bohren And Der
Club Of Gore, The Cramps, Hasil Adkins and various other trash inspired twilight creatures. I also wanted to try and
create that spooky organ sound that dominates the midnight movie classic 'Carnival Of Souls', so there's quite a lot of
organ and piano going on. I also got my hands on a baritone guitar to give the songs more of a deep growly twang!
Vocals are provided by Daisy Atkinson for the Jean Cocteau dedication 'Orphee' which is the nearest thing to a pop song
on the album and the echoey almost Sister Lover's sound of the title track. I got sick of my own shit voice and I just
thought a female voice would give it a more fragile ethereal vibe. Mike Blatchford provides formidable saxophone to the
album's last three tracks which were recorded on his mobile phone 300 miles away and synched into the music. The big
blasted swing blues of 'The Big Duvall' is a dedication to Andy Duvall of Carlton Melton - a big guy who needed a big
song. Who knows how big the song could have been in a proper studio. I could have dedicated it to John Wayne but Wayne
couldn't chop down trees with his bare hands like Andy can...' Limited to 300 copies on black vinyl.
Price
€ 23.95
Genre
Format
LP - 1 disk
Release
23-07-2021
Label
Item-nr
509040
EAN
0000000000000
Availability
In stock