What you say
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What we say
 This record left our Phil feeling ecstatic.
Bagel Nash is a Leeds (I think) chain of chewy ethnic bread eatery.
Whatever you want on a bagel they'll bang it on there and bob's yer
uncle.... that's yer dinner sorted. However, Ben Nash is an
experimental guitarist who creates psychedelic tones and drones for
you. Here is his debut album proper (The Seventh Rainbow) on
Sheffield's premier drone/ psych/ beard label Blackest Rainbow Records.
We have the vinyl now and those wanting the CD will have to wait a wee
while before Aurora Borealis decide to release it. Oh yes... this one's
gonna be a big 'un we think. Think Six Organs crossed with Voice of The
Seven Woods all in a big psych mush.... Well tasty!
What the label says:
Vinyl debut for long term Blackest Rainbow brother Ben... I'm extremly
happy with this one. 8 tracks, 34 minutes. Opening with a reworking of
'KUAD 9873' from his Blackest Rainbow debut cassette... bleak drones
smothered in vocal lulling, and finishing with a sweet guitar piece
swirling in a lake of percussion, vocal and drone. 'Nightcall' shows a
more middle eastern psychedelic droning, bowing, wailing, and satanic
mutterings. Track 3 is the title track 'The Seventh Goodbye', and is
the most 'full band' approach of Ben's acoustic psychedelic folk jams,
but this blurs into sax blurts, waves of melancholic vocal drone and
writhing riffery. Perhaps similar to Voice of the Seven Woods or Six
Organs of Admittance. Side B opener 'Smoke and Flattery' is the most
experimental - multi percussion, echoes of whispers, finger grating
guitars. 'Magnetophon Pt IV' is not Ben's recent Sloow Tape of a
similar name, but a bluesy haze LSD dream, building into a drenched
ecstatic guitar drone. Following this is 'What Will Always Be Pt.II'
which is reminiscent of Jack Rose, or James Blackshaw, the most
beautiful composition on the LP. This bleeds into the final
surrealness of 'Angel No. 7' field recordings, bleak, fearful and
empty. I'm honoured to release this gem. Limited to 250 hand numbered
copies on virgin vinyl, with black, white and red pasted on covers,
plus a black and white insert. All artwork designed by Darryl Norsen
who designed our (VxPxC) sleeve, and done a few beauties for
Important records, as well as posters for Sunburned, Six Organs, Hush
Arbors, Magik Markers and more. |
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