ARTiST: Voice Of The Seven Woods
TiTLE: Voice Of The Seven Woods
LABEL: TwistedNerve
GENRE: Indie
TiME: 34:53 min
SiZE: 49,1 MB
BiTRATE: VBRkbps
RiP DATE: Aug-08-2007
RELEASE DATE: Aug-06-2007
WEBSiTE: voiceofthesevenwoods.com
Track List:
01. Sand And Flames 04:18
02. Sayat Nova 02:53
03. Fire In My Head 03:30
04. Silver Morning Branches 03:59
05. Second Transition 03:26
06. Valley Of The Rocks 03:22
07. Underwater Journey 02:17
08. Return From Byzantium 06:35
09. Smoking Furnace 02:50
10. Dusk Cloud 01:43
Release Notes:
We've been banging on about Northern fret fondler
Rick Tomlinson for what seems like years now. It all
started way back with the release of his debut 7",
the shockingly good 'Voice of the Seven Woods' (err
which confusingly is the name of this album too...
and the artist name... hmmm) and we've been chomping
at the bit ever since for something more
substantial. Of course there have been cdrs, live
shows and other 7"s dropping in between, but nothing
quite says 'I love you' like a full length record,
especially when its all packaged up to look like it
actually came out way back in the mid 70s or
something. We all know the Finders Keepers/Twisted
Nerve lads know exactly where they're coming from
(and haven't put a foot wrong in the last couple of
years) and this is just about the pinnacle of their
growing mound of psychedelic folk. I realise there's
been something of a surplus of
acoustic-guitar/folk/psychedelic albums in the last
few months (and weeks even...), and I also realise
that many of them have been really rather stunning,
but it's important to understand that what Tomlinson
manages to do here is to step out of the scene he's
become synonymous with by making an album so varied
it almost defies description. Treading dangerously
into Pentangle-patented folk rock waters one minute
and angling for a Selda-influenced (the lovely
Anatolian-exile apparently donated an electric Saz
to Tomlinson's cause - how's that for credibility?)
Turkish psychedelia the next there's a defiance of
form which can't help but endear you to his sound.
The virtuoso guitarist seems to have a wry smile as
he confounds our expectations and in the end that's
what makes his debut album so special. Where he
could easily have a quite justified egotistical 'I
can play guitar better than you' feeling to the
record (we've seen him live and he actually can
play, very very well) instead there's a humour, a
genuine love of music and a humility which makes us
think he's just going to go from strength to
strength. Maybe it's his passion for records (be it
Krautrock, Tropicalia or Middle Eastern folk) or
maybe it's his Northern roots but whatever it is we
are pretty sure that 'Voice of the Seven Woods' is
going to end up as one of the albums of the year and
Rick Tomlinson is before too long going to be the
name on everyone's lips. It's nice to see Twisted
Nerve releasing albums again, especially ones as
lovely as this. Essential purchase!