BEVIS FROND New River Head UK DLP Current 93 Psych Prog

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New River Head

Original UK Double LP released on Woronzow Records in 1991. Gatefold sleeve. Includes insert. Also includes photocopied promo press release info sheet composed by Nick Saloman (aka The Bevis Frond).

Though Nick Saloman can never be said to necessarily, or at least obviously, progress from release to release, he does have a knack for ensuring that each Bevis Frond album has something interesting. It's when he puts everything together to create a consistently strong record that notice is due, and Frond's 1991 effort stands out in that regard. His slightly mournful, weary vocals remain unchanged, as does the general feeling of pop/psych-rock with jamming tendencies. The core duo of Martin Crowley on drums and Saloman on everything else also continues, supplemented by a variety of guest performers. There's just that little something more here, though, that marks New River Head as a good starting point for anyone interesting in discovering more about the Frond. The first couple of songs are mostly Saloman-by-the-numbers, but then he hits a great winning streak, starting with "Waving," a gentle folk ballad which adds Barry Dransfield on violin for an effect that's just melancholy enough and results in an honestly heart-catching little track. Following that is the title song, a strong feedback crunch that welds Saloman's ear for a good hook with his considerable playing abilities well. The disc continues in the same, fine general vein from that point on, ranging from the Byrds-inflected guitar chime of "He'd Be a Diamond" to the soft, then shroomy, head-nodding "Stain on the Sun." The standout is "The Miskatonic Variations II," a nearly 17-minute ambient-to-full-blown-noise jam recorded with a guest bassist, guitarist, and sax player, not to mention Current 93's lead figure, David Tibet, adding some chants on top of it all. Throw in a variety of other niceties here and there, like the brief garage-rock blasts "Undertaker" and "Chinese Burn," and New River Head winds up being a slice of Frond at his high-powered best.

Tracks Are :-

Side One

White Sun

Drowned

She's Entitled To

Waving

Down In The Well

New River Head

Side Two

Solar Marmalade

Wild Jack Hammer

He'd Be A Diamond

Undertaker

Stain On The Sun

Side Three

Motherdust

Cuvie

Thankless Task

The Miskatonic Variations (Part II)

Side Four

It Won't Come Again

Blurred Vision

Son Of Many Mothers

Chinese Burn

God Speed You To Earth

Released on 'Woronzow Records' in 1991

Catalogue No. W0016

Discs are in EX++ condition

Sleeve is in EX++ condition

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