From: jason robbins
[tofutastic_at_hotmail_dot_co_dot_uk]
Sent: 28 October 2008 19:27
Subject: THE OWL SERVICE AT ORANGE STREET
MUSIC CLUB
TWISTED FOLK PRESENTS…
THE OWL
SERVICE
LIVE
AT ORANGE STREET MUSIC CLUB
CANTERBURY NOVEMBER 8TH
8PM £5
admission
Special double ticket
available for £7.50, gains you entry to THE OWL SERVICE, and the ROBB JOHNSON
gig on Friday 30th January 2009
Tel: 01227
760801
The Owl Service was formed by Steven
Collins in 2006 as a vehicle to explore his love of British films and television
of the 1960s and 70s, the great outdoors and the sound of the English folk
revival. The band fuse traditional British folk ballads with elements of
psychedelic rock and recall the great acid-folk bands of the late '60s/early
'70s but never once sound contrived or overtly retro. Nobody has approached
traditional folk quite like this for over 30 years. They signed to Southern
Records at the end of 2007 and their debut album A Garland of Song, an eclectic
selection of traditional material interspersed with mostly instrumental
originals, was released on June 30th 2008. An EP recorded with Alison O'Donnell
(formerly Alison Williams of legendary Irish '70s prog/folk band Mellow Candle)
entitled The Fabric of Folk will be released by Static Caravan in September
2008. The follow up to Garland... is underway with the working title The Pattern
Beneath the Plough and is set for a Summer 2009 release
Music Week review
The folk revival continues apace with this debut album from Steven Collins
and his cohorts.
A Garland Of Song is an unashamedly retro affair which sets
out to recreate the atmosphere of the late Sixties acid folk scene and succeeds
admirably. This is, of course, a great folk tradition; the scene always looks
over its shoulder to a more innocent pastoral time, all the while adding touches
of the modern age.
With The Owl Service it is in the nature of the recording,
mostly self produced and recorded at home, that wins out. This set features a
swathe of atmospheric touches that prevent the album from becoming an exercise
in fakery.
The standards and murder ballads presented here are all lovingly
arranged and beautifully sung by Collins and guests, and these are matched by
the original instrumentals that pepper the album.
The Owl Service will be a
highlight at this year's Green Man festival as they have tempted Alison
O'Donnell from Mellow Candle out of the woodwork to perform with them, another
dream come true for Collins no doubt.
A Garland Of Song is obviously a labour
of love and is beautifully crafted and realised, and fans of Espers or The
Memory Band are sure to adore it.
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