WIDDOWSPEAK: ALMANAC, RARE FOLK PSYCH, ESPERS, COLORED VINYL 350 COPIES

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WIDDOWSPEAK: ALMANAC Very RARE 350 copies limited edition on colored vinyl of amazing US folk/psych outfit. RECOMMENDED!!! Heres an excerpt from a review in Dusted Magazine: "Widowspeak’s Almanac is an ambitious peregrination across time and musical landscape, paying gentle yet earnest homage to widely divergent sources of inspiration. Muted bass and tremulous Telecasters send listeners rollicking back to post-war classic pop while rare moments will have you cratedigging in your brain for dare I say Nirvana and The Doors?

WIDDOWSPEAK: ALMANAC

Very RARE 350 copies limited edition on colored vinyl of amazing US folk/psych outfit. RECOMMENDED!!!
Heres an excerpt from a review in Dusted Magazine:

"Widowspeak’s Almanac is an ambitious peregrination across time and musical landscape, paying gentle yet earnest homage to widely divergent sources of inspiration. Muted bass and tremulous Telecasters send listeners rollicking back to post-war classic pop while rare moments will have you cratedigging in your brain for dare I say Nirvana and The Doors?

“Perennials” is an astonishing and masterly debut track, from the initial pluck of Robert Earl Thomas’s jangling strings and twinkling of rain through to the cantering and cacophonous coda. The sentimental croon of Molly Hamilton only adds confection and sunshine to an already-addictive guitar-driven hummable melody, but as she so sweetly sings, “Nothing lasts long enough.”

In keeping with the titular theme, many lines feel lifted from a charmingly archaic farmstand reference, brimming with timeless yearning and folksy idioms. Child-like or wickedly provincial at times, the results are oh so heartland Americana. The captivating guitar hooks both swing and lope, adding alternative and post-rock abstraction to otherwise dreamy throwbacks.

While the first half of the album churns through layers of hazy funk and minstrel-esque pub folk, our intermission (the title track) seems like a dreamy church organ re-imagination of My Bloody Valentine’s “Touched” (now with less whale). Standout tracks on the breezier latter half include “Devil Knows” with its drum machine-style beat, ’90s-alt frequencies and bluesy lyrics, and “Minnewaska” a campfire evensong about an Upstate lake complete with painted-on Oklahoma cowgirl effect.

Almanac, on the whole, is warmer, more confident and polished than Widowspeak’s self-titled entrée. Enthusiasts along with those on the fence may well find themselves bewitched."

This is the long gone first print on colored vinyl still sealed!. 350 copies in total. The album comes in regular edition gate-fold jacket wrapped in brown paper silk screen cover.
Includes folded double-sided, black and white poster featuring a 2013 almanac and calendar. For some reason this album is still not attracting so muvh attention so grab one while they are still around.

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Condition (cover/vinyl): M-,M-

Label, country and year of release: Captured Tracks,  US 2013

GRADING

There is nothing more irritating than buying an LP which is overgraded (about half of the LPs I have bought via Ebay has been overgraded.) so I try to grade as accurate as possible both visual and (mostly) audible and describe any flaws on the record. I grade under a 100W light bulb or sunlight. For playgrading I use my Gyro Deck turntable fitted with a Benz Micro MC pick up. If there is any dissatisfaction with any LP there is off course a moneyback warranty.

M-: Perfect copy, the copy that looks like it was bought yesterday and only have been played a few times.

EX: This has been played but still a very satisfying copy that would please most collectors. No scratches or coverwear, LP plays without any problem, as good as perfect in fact many dealers M- is what I would call EX       

VG++: This copy has been played and cover has some wear but still a very good copy that should satisfy most people except the MINT puritans

VG+: This is a played copy, plays with some clicks and background noise. But still the music should be the central part. Cover has ring wear but still not a torn cover or anything.

VG: This is a more used copy with some scratches and clicks, no stops or skips though, cover has heavy wear.

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