Eleventh Earl of Blah
An album that positively fizzles with different ideas and influences. This is top-drawer instrumental music, exuberant and totally engrossing.
Favorite track: Et Alias.
GURANFOE
James Burns - electric guitars, acoustic guitars, 12-string acoustic, bass, piano, Roland Juno-60 synth, Mellotron M4000D
Ollie Snell - electric guitars, acoustic guitars, lap steel guitar
Robin G. Breeze - bass, baby grand piano, Roland Juno-60 synth, Mellotron M4000D, Korg Minilogue
Joe Burns - drums, percussion
ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS
Rob Milne - flute, saxophone
Rob Baker - lap steel guitar, voice
Arthur Yann Le Baleur - percussion
Recorded during August-October 2020, March 2021, December 2021, February-March 2022.
Primary recording by Rob Baker at Baker’s Oven Recording Studio during August 2020 - March 2022. Recording assistance by Samuel Easter.
Additional recording by Bob Kidby at The Stupid Music Barn during September 2020.
Additional recording by Mikey Shaw at The Dub Cavern Studio during December 2021 - February 2022.
Mixed during February 2021 - May 2022 by Mikey Shaw at The Dub Cavern Studio.
Mastered by JJ Golden at Golden Mastering during June 2022.
Art by Micha Huigen.
Produced by James Burns and Joe Burns.
Baker’s Oven Recording Studio, Lowestoft, England
The Stupid Music Barn, Laxfield, England
The Dub Cavern Studio, Norwich, England
Golden Mastering, Ventura, CA, United States
The new live EP by Ryan W. Stevenson's project reminded me, that this debut album must have been gone down the wishlist... If instrumental Canterbury stuff is your thing, this should be a no-brainer. Firmly rooted in the past (late 60s, 70s), nevertheless with a fresh sound. Guests incude The Tangent's Andy Tillison and Soft Machine's Theo Travis. Carsten Pieper
got recc'd this on youtube and loved it- reminds me a lot of late 60's and early 70's records i used to hear playing out of my parents' stereo on sweltering summer days. OPAL
This might be the least folky of the Wobbler releases and I wasn't sure about it at all.
After a few listens however I'm loving the inventiveness and the endless melodies, all driven along by Kristian Hultgren's wonderful percussive bass. PartTimeZombie
A killer live experimental rock LP from Chris Forsyth with the rhythm section of Sunwatchers, full of blistering energy. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 30, 2021
Sustained by seismic psych riffs, proggy shifts, and vivid sci-fi storytelling, these Milwaukee cosmonauts command respect. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 29, 2023
Thanks to the nice-endof-year-offer I came to fill this gap in my private worm collection (a, pardon me, worm hole, so to speak :-))
Wonderful reminiscence to many good things past (Canterbury, 70s prog, folk rock) with a good sense of humour and great ideas (both in the songwriting & in the arrangements) . Carsten Pieper