Artist: Juniper Leaf
Title: Broom, Briars, Torches From The Fire
Label: Singaround Records
Genre: Indie
Bitrate: 193kbit av.
Time: 00:44:36
Size: 64.35 mb
Rip Date: 2010-04-09
Str Date: 2010-06-07
01. Witche's Book 4:07
02. Bushes And Briars 3:33
03. Voting With Your Feet 3:14
04. Lighthouse 4:42
05. Pencarrow Head 3:02
06. Fight For The Middle Ground 2:53
07. Automatic 2:43
08. Who Knows Where 3:21
09. Princess 2:46
10. Left Outside The Loop 4:18
11. Rag Doll 2:46
12. King William's Lady 7:11
Release Notes:
Juniper Leaf are a modern psyche-folk four-piece from London. The band
formed when Chikinki frontman, Rupert Browne, met drummer George
Bradley at a party in Stoke Newington in 2007. The pair were soon
joined by ChikinkiÆs Boris Exton and, then Vanessa Marlowe. The
foursome blends together their love of German 70s guitar rock, folk and
their love of bands like Incredible String Band and Syd Barrett-era
Pink Floyd to create something truly captivating and magical.
Broom, Briars, Torches From The Fire is the bandÆs debut album. During
the writing of the album, Rupert discovered British folk music and
started to frequent many of the traditional folk nights around the big
city. Many of his main influences are some of the 1960s folk
revivalists such as Anne Briggs, Martin Carthy and Bert Jansch. An ode
to these 60s influences sees the band rework ôBushes and Briarsö from
the 1967 film version of Far From The Maddening Crowd. ôKing WilliamÆs
Ladyö also came from Martin Carthy.
The album was recorded at Toybox Studios with Ali Chant, who has
recently worked with John Parish and PJ Harvey. Each track is a
well-crafted, earthy tale transporting you to an era long past. The
album title itself conjures-up images of fallen maidens, witches and
peasants hypnotically dancing, chanting and frolicking around a
crackling fire. However, tracks like ôAutomaticö and ôWho Knows Whereö
immediately leap you forward to a trippier 60s / 70s guitar-influenced
era that give the album more depth and prove Juniper Leaf are no
one-trick pony.
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