{"product_id":"old-and-red","title":"Old and Red (LP)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThomas Bush ‎– Old And Red\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA1. Down Street 4:45\n\u003cbr\u003eA2. Champg 5:31\n\u003cbr\u003eA3. Flood 6:07\n\u003cbr\u003eA4. Presence: Martin 7:07\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eB1. Ripe ft. \u003cstrong\u003eKarin Bähler Lavér\u003c\/strong\u003e 11:43\n\u003cbr\u003eB2. Requiem for Forest Glades 6:03\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThomas Bush ‎– Old And Red\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe ltd vinyl pressing of Thomas Bush’s Old and Red, via his admirably unhurried Men Scryfa private press (last seen releasing\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e John T. Gast's Exile in 2013 - a Spectrum City all-time favourite)\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEdition of 300 in hand-assembled sleeves.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Taking in droll, digressive threshold-pop, plaintive minimal synth moods and strange rhythm-box geometries, before heading deep into the woods and time-dilating free-folk abstraction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDrawn from the green-grey and eerie heart of the English countryside – specifically the north-eastern edge of the Wyre forest, between Stourbridge and Kidderminster, Old and Red will resonate with anyone attuned to the mysterious – sometimes malign, sometimes mirthful – energies interred in their native landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOpener ‘Down Street’, skirting the brim of Robert Wyatt's Old Rottenhat, sounds like King Penda pouring his heart out down the Coach \u0026amp; Horses after pissing away his pension at Coral. ‘Champg’ - part Lifetones, part Rizan Said – is a fizzing action-painting of hi-life guitar, staccato string-stabs +sputtering computerized riddim. ‘Flood’ comes over like the bastard child of Eyeless In Gaza’s ‘Veil Like Calm’ and Scott’s Climate of Hunter, and while the salty old geezer recounting a tale of fishing-rod-related misadventure in 'Presence: Martin' is compelling enough on his own, his words takes on a sadder, more surreal air thanks to whining unheimlich electronics +strung-out, quasi-medieval guitar drones that seem to plumb for the most justified-n-ancient wellsprings of Acid Albion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEpic murder ballad 'Ripe' - with Karin Bähler Lavér's otherworldly vocals suspended in thick cobwebs of reverb\/delay – is like A Dream of Wessex scored by Thuja or F ingers, while 'Requiem For Forest Glades'’s brittle pastoral techno summons Call Back The Giants, or Another Green Eno with one hand tied behind his back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor all its heavy psychogeography, what makes Old and Red special is its wit, its playfulness, its lightness of touch. It sees England for what it is: an inexhaustible site of hauntings and myth and metaphysical potential, yes, but also one of endless boredom\/bathos\/banality, endless ENDLESSNESS, where ecstatic pagan ritual realistically = queuing up for a cheese\u0026amp;onion bake from Greggs. Yeah...some people just get it.\" - LOW COMPANY DISTRIBUTION\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thomas Bush","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42244290085088,"sku":"SCREFYS005","price":20.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/5988\/9376\/products\/Thomas-Bush-Old-and-Red.jpg?v=1640603155","url":"https:\/\/spectrumcityshop.pro\/products\/old-and-red","provider":"Spectrum City","version":"1.0","type":"link"}