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Release date: 17-09-2007 2007 US limited edition 10-track LP, originally released in 1964 - Their best album to date, blending the most beautiful vocal melodies with both folk & post rock guitar wonderment. The brooding and melancholy guitars create a shadowy landscape where the likes of Nick Drake and Elliot Smith would feel right at home - sealed in colour sleeve. Tracks: 01. Saints 02. She Dances 03. Hollow Men 04. Song Among The Pine 05. Trust 06. Western Lands 07. Farewell Farewell 08. Hourglass 09. Grand Union Canal 10. Collector Taking equal parts inspiration from British folk and shoegaze pop, Gravenhurst is the vehicle of vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Nick Talbot. The band's fifth full-length, WESTERN LANDS, takes a giant leap forward in terms of production, throwing every small sonic detail into a bold panoramic relief. Talbot's somber guitar tones twang evocatively, like duskyspaghetti-western soundtracks, lending the album a sense ofsinister beauty. Other tracks take the hard-charging approach of bands like My Bloody Valentine, framing Talbot's spectral vocals within layers of blistering, droning guitar bliss.
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