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green
king crimson
volcano suns
stereolab
neil young
burt bacharach
the monkees
the who
david bowie
cream
the damned
love
led zepplin
radiohead
nick drake
the zombies
iggy pop
the beatles
the pretty things
kraftwerk
todd rundgren
bubblepuppy
jimi hendrix
micheal hoenig
genesis
donovan
the pretenders
pink floyd
orchestral maneuvres in the dark
smashing pumpkins
rolling stones
elton john
paul buckmaster
the dead boys
mission of burma
soft machine
sparkle horse
tim buckley
frank zappa
curtis mayfield
alice cooper
beck
xtc
beach boys
naked raygun
igor stravinsky
psychedelic furs
brian eno
sly and the family stone
roxy music
henry mancini
the ramones
scarlet architect
husker du
material issue
yes
stevie wonder
the church
echo and the bunnymen
janes addiction
aerosmith
black sabbath
ohio players
lucifer
the buzzcocks
wolfgang mozart
devo
the cars
sound garden
dick hyman
alice in chains
chicago
blood sweat and tears
bernard herman
murder of crows
the replacements
mystic numbers national bank
emerson lake and palmer
ravi shankar
funkedelic
war
ananda shankar
the kinks
screaming trees
distracted
eleventh hour
rolling head
gong
lords of the new church
steely dan
ac dc
soul asylum
chopin
three dog night
the yardbirds
the cramps
stooges
crossed wire
bread
U2
the guess who
the jam
cheap trick
lenny kravitz
the byrds
john barry
grand funk
vanilla fudge
kiss
hawkwind
tangerine dream
free
bad company
queen
midstates
julian cope
lou reed
mathew sweet
captain beefheart
the tubes
nine nine nine
edgar winter
electric light orchestra
zodiac mindwarp and the love reaction
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(German with English translation) The Luck of Eden Hall - When The Clock Starts To Wake Up We Go To Sleep Myopic Records (2009) Myopic Records (2009) (13 Stücke, 45:10 Minuten Spielzeit) (13 pieces, 45:10 minutes) Da flatterte mir vor ein paar Tagen eine CD von der aus Chicago stammenden Band The Luck Of Eden Hall auf den Tisch. Die CD trägt den ungewöhnlichen Titel „When The Clock Starts To Wake Up We Go To Sleep”. Stützpfeiler dieser Band sind Gitarrist Greg Curvey und Bassist Mark Lofgren. Since fluttered me a few days ago a CD from Chicago-born band, The Luck Of Eden Hall on the table. The CD carries the unusual title of "When The Clock Starts To Wake Up We Go To Sleep." Pillars of this band are guitarist Greg Curvey and Mark Lofgren bassist. Leider kann ich aus den mir vorliegenden Unterlagen nicht erkennen wer die weiteren Musiker sind. Unfortunately, I can present to me from the documentation does not identify who the other musicians are. Das Bandprojekt ist bereits Mitte der 90’er Jahre gegründet worden, nahm sich aber eine längere Auszeit und so sind zwischen dem letzten Album „Subterrene“ aus 2002 und der aktuellen Veröffentlichung mehrere Jahre ins Land gegangen. The band project is already the middle of the 90'er was years ago, but took a longer time out and then between the last album "Subterrene" from 2002 and the current publication several years have gone into the country. Da das neue Album für mich der erste musikalische Kontakt zum Klangkosmos von The Luck Of Eden Hall ist, kann ich zu den vorangegangenen Veröffentlichungen keine Aussagen treffen. Im kurzen Pressetext zur CD steht allerdings, dass es sich bei der Musik um Psychedelic Rock handelt und einige Kritiker die Band mit Künstlern wie Jane’s Addiction, Porcupine Tree, Screaming Trees, Pink Floyd, Hendrix Experience vergleichen. Since the new album for me, the first musical contact with the cosmos sound of The Luck of Eden Hall is, I can to previous publications no statements. In the short press release about the CD is, however, that the music to psychedelic rock, and some critics the band with artists like Jane's Addiction, Porcupine Tree, Screaming Trees, Pink Floyd, Hendrix Experience compare. Das machte mich schon mal neugierig. That made me curious times. „All Else Shall Be Added Unto You“ lautet der erste Songtitel des Albums und der geht schon mal klasse los. "All Else Shall Be Added Unto You" is the first song of the album title and the class is already happening. Eine Gitarrenwand und ein psychedelisches Schlagzeug begrüßen den Hörer des Albums. A guitar and a wall psychedelic drums welcome the listeners of the album. Wenn der Gesang einsetzt, dann kommen nicht nur psychedelische Gefühle auf, sondern bei mir erweckt das auch Assoziationen zu Gitarren orientierten Bands wie U 2. When the singing starts, then not only psychedelic feelings, but I also evokes associations with the guitar-oriented bands like U 2nd Aber der Einsatz von Synthieflächen lässt die Psychedelic dann doch wieder aus dem Hintergrund hervortreten. But the use of land does not affect the synth Psychedelic but then again emerge from the background. Dieser Einstieg war schon mal ein richtig guter. This entry was already a really good time. Mit „Mary Ann’s Dressed In Peace“ hab ich das Gefühl, in einer Zeitmaschine zurück in die späten 60’er bzw. frühen 70’er katapultiert zu werden. With Mary Ann's Dressed In Peace "I have the feeling that in a time machine back to the late 60's or early 70's catapulted them. Das klingt herrlich Retro, aber mit der Technik des neuen Jahrtausends aufgenommen. That sounds wonderfully retro, but with the technology of the new millennium recorded. Mit „Bus Stop Daisy“ präsentieren uns die Amerikaner eine sehr schöne Akustikgitarren-Nummer, die zum Ende hin durch rückwärts abgespielte Gitarren noch recht psychedelisch wird. With "Daisy Bus Stop" The Americans give us a very nice acoustic guitar number, towards the end by playing backwards guitars is still quite psychedelic. Und auch die anderen Songs des Albums halten diesen psychedelischen Stil in einer hohen Qualität aufrecht, in dem herrliche Melodien mit psychedelischen Sounds und ausführlichen Soli verbunden werden. And also the other songs of the album keep the psychedelic style in a high quality is maintained, in the beautiful melodies with psychedelic sounds and extended solos connected. An der ein oder anderen Stelle hätte ich mir sogar gewünscht, die Stücke wären etwas länger. At one or another body to me even if I had desired, the pieces would be a bit longer. Und mit „Beautiful Girl On The Radio“ ist ein richtiger Hammersong auf dem Album, der im Radio gute Chancen hätte. And with "Beautiful Girl On The Radio" is a real hammer song on the album, the radio would have good chances. The Luck Of Eden Hall ist mit ihrem neuen Werk eine richtig gute Psychedelic-Rock-Scheibe gelungen, die einfach nur Spaß macht. The Luck of Eden Hall is with her new work is a really good psychedelic rock disc managed to just fun. Welche stilistischen Anleihen man auch immer zu entdecken glaubt, liegt ganz in der Betrachtung des Hörers. What stylistic borrowings are also increasingly discovering believes, lies entirely in the contemplation of the listener. Meiner Ansicht nach eine sehr gelungene Scheibe, die ich empfehlen kann. In my view, a very successful disc, which I recommend. (Stephan Schelle, März 2009 Stephan Schelle, March 2009)......................................................www.PsychedelicCentral.com - The Luck Of Eden Hall. Just the name of the band begs you to investigate further (google it and find out more about it's origin), add to that an album calling itself 'When The Clock Starts To Wake Up We Go To Sleep' and everything starts to become unclear.....fuzzy....and psychedelic. This latest album follows on from 2002's 'Subterrene' which heralded a return to the fray for the band after a ten year silence. The band's take on the psyche experience draws on classic sounds mixed with the work of latterday bands mining the same rich seam to sometimes give you a dense rich tapestry of trance like songs that both drive and drift along at the same time, like 'She's Using All The Colours' and 'Sister Strange And The Shuffled Furry Things' and then a more straightforward, but gentler take on acid rock with classic psyche overtones like 'All Else Shall,Be Added Unto You' and 'Mary Ann's Dressed In Peace' is also evident. There are also some darker musings on 'A Child In A Mine' and a song like 'Old Man Realize' almost steps outside of the genre completely. The Luck Of Eden Hall offer an interesting and absorbing journey into their psychedelic world. They arrange and layer some songs carefully, but also make a point of using simpler musical motifs elsewhere so that the sonic experience is varied and not ever tiresome for the listener. 'When The Clock Starts To Wake Up We Go To Sleep' is a successful mixture of old and new psychedelia very capably written, arranged and played, with careful production and crystal clear recording adding to a very satisfying listening experience. (Reviewed By Kevin Wallbank - April 2009)
PSYCHOTROPICZONE - The Luck of Eden Hall is a band from Chicago, Illinois, playing amazing music that combines old psychedelic rock with modern rock music in a fine way. I have previously reviewed a couple of their other CD’s that I already liked a lot, but I must say that on this new album they have finally really succeeded superbly. This could be described as a perfect psychedelic rock/pop album. The music has a lot of 60’s spirit, but it doesn’t sound like it’s bound to any time period in any way. The band has succeeded to write a lot of really great songs and I really like all the 13 songs on the CD. There’s just the right amount of psychedelic elements in there to make the music mind-expanding in the true sense of the term, but the music still doesn’t get too freaky at any point or take the listener on a bad trip.Everything works on this album: the playing, the effects (there’s plenty of backwards guitar, for example), the vocals, the lyrics, the sound, the atmosphere etc. The music includes a lot of excellent, melancholic melodies and tender (also acoustic) moments, but it often also rocks pretty hard with heavy fuzz sound and in a quite energetic, up-beat style. It’s rather guitar-driven (plenty of great guitar solos in there for a change!), but the bass player and drummer are allowed to show what they can do, as well. There are also some keyboards and you can hear some Mellotron sounds in several songs, for example. Some of the influences the band have include The Who, David Bowie, Radiohead, Nick Drake, Love, The Beatles, Smashing Pumpkins, Beck, The Jam, Hawkwind, Igor Stravinsky and KISS… While listening to the harder psych rock pieces I’m often reminded of The Bevis Frond. It’s really hard to pick up any favorites from this album, but let’s say the opener, a psychedelic power pop number ”All Else Shall Added Unto You” has a lot of hit potential and it would fit in just perfectly to the next Psychedelica compilation, for example. Another really great, fast track is ”Beautiful Girl on the Radio” that has a slower, excellent chorus. The hazier and softer side of the spectrum is very nicely presented for example with the hallucinatory, dreamy ”She’s Using All the Colors”, and all the colors really are in use there… Also the two final ballads on the album, ”A Child in a Mine” and ”Sister Strange and the Stuffed Furry Things”, are totally awesome.In summary, When the Clock Starts to… is really top-notch stuff and one of the best albums I’ve heard for a while. So it’s absolutely worthwhile to get this masterpiece! (DJ Astro - APRIL 2005) www.psychotropiczone.com.........................
THE LUCK OF EDEN HALL – WHEN THE CLOCK STARTS TO WAKE UP WE GO TO SLEEP
(CD from www.luckofedenhall.com )
The follow up to the excellent “subterrene”(2006), this album sees the band take their sound to a whole new level of enjoyment, containing 13 slices of prime time psych nuggets, each wrapped in a delicious candy floss coating, and riding some blistering, guitar fuelled, fairground rides.
Right from the off, it is clear that business is meant, a twisted guitar propelling “All Else Shall Be Added to You” out of the speakers and into your mind, some swirling organ and strings adding depth and just the right degree of strangeness. Next up, the short and groovy, “Mary Ann’s Dressed in Peace” has a great big Paisley heart, early Soft Boys meeting The Dukes of Stratosphear, which is heaven to my ears. Taking a more relaxed approach, “Old Man Realise” has a lolloping bass line and a wonderful soaring guitar, whilst the acoustic psych-pop of “Bus Stop Daisy” sound just like you think it would, including the backward guitar at the end.
Again played and produced by Gregory Curvey and Mark Lofgren, the album displays variety and depth, the duo letting the songs shine, effects judged to perfection and the playing maintaining a high level throughout, something evidenced on the full on guitar attack of “We Go To Sleep”, which is filled with manic energy and some frenetic fretwork. Or, you could check out the glorious vocals and lysergic melodies on “Cinnamon Mary and Her Skeleton Cane”, one of the albums finest moments, complete with chiming guitar and more excellent soloing, it just gets better and better. There is a hint of The Church on “The Time Has Come” (no bad thing), something not apparent on the much stranger “Beautiful Girl on the Radio”, the guitar sound rougher and the whole song having an “about to fall apart” feel to it. Things get stranger still on the slow burning acid drench of “She’s Using All the Colors” Joss sticks are recommended as you float downstream, blissful and grinning like the proverbial Cheshire cat.
Using backward guitar overload as its major weapon, “Down in Mexico” is a song that needs plenty of volume to bring out its qualities, but that’s alright as the sun will be shining and your windows will be open as you share the album with your neighbours, they will love it, honest. Demonstrating classic acid induced garage paranoia, “Just Can’t compromise My Security” is a burst of edgy noise, the drums rattling about inside the brain as choppy guitars creep through you veins. Gentler in construction, the drifting strings that run through “A Child in a Mine” add a slightly disturbing presence to the song, the lyrics re-enforcing the feeling.
Finally, the band put it all together for the six minute finale that is “Sister Strange and the Stuffed Furry Things”, a future psychedelic classic, sounding like the Beatles meeting Kevin Ayers, in a ruined house covered in sunlight. Well, something like that anyway, whatever it is an excellent way to finish a rather brilliant album the lovers of the paisley sound, psych pop, or just good music, will thoroughly enjoy. (Simon Lewis) www.terrascope.co.uk.......................
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THE LUCK OF EDEN HALL - When The Clock Starts To Wake Up We Go To Sleep (Myopic; 2009)
Just looking at the cover drawing of this album is an experience psychedelic enough, but those of you who make it to the listening part itself, is likely to find themselves floating through tangerine coloured haze on the back of a marshmellow cloud. Some of the reference points from the press release, such as Jane’s Addiction, Porcupine Tree or Screaming Trees, might be audible across a distant horizon of this musical trip, but it’s the genre defining, quintessentially British sounding late’60s psych that I’m hearing the most. Doesn’t the album title itself sound like something the Blossom Toes might’ve released between their two records? And couldn’t have song titles like ‘Cinnamon Mary And Her Skeleton Cane”, ‘Sister Strange And The Stuffed Furry Things’ or ‘All Else Shall Be Added Unto You’ graced the back cover of this same release? As for the songs themselves, some of the already mentioned, along with ‘Mary Ann’s Dressed In Peace’ or ‘Bus Stop Daisy’ could’ve made a perfect Britsike Rubble volume. On a more contemporary side of things, this should make waiting for another Bevis Frond or Lucky Bishops album much easier (Garwood Pickjon)....................................
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.......................(Edited from an article by Brian Steele, entitled "Fables Of The Post-Modern Psychedelic Rock 'N' Fab Experience")
Stuffed onto the small stage at the back of Phyllis' Musical Inn, The Luck of Eden Hall grinds through a Saturday night set. A Fender guitar rings and chimes, a Rickenbacker bass clomps along, a stripped-down drum kit knocks out time. "Strawberry Fields" -era harmonies float in the air. There's even a cello that pops up every once in a while, adding to the swirling soundscape. It's loud, it's smoky. It's almost like the 60's, right down to the flowered grill cover on guitarist Greg Curvey's Marshall cabinet.
But it's the 90's -- and you can tell by the tight, crisp songs, thoughtfully crafted into a modern, alternative guitar rock setting...
...It's just not that easy to put a finger on exactly what The Luck of Eden Hall is.
On the surface, the task is not that perplexing: the noise the band makes sounds a lot like rock 'n' roll -- but not simply rock 'n' roll. There's some psychedelia thrown in --but not enough to characterize the group as "revivalist" or "neo-psychedelia". The songs are dreamy, but not distant. And the lyrics weave tales of disaffection and melancholy -- but at the same time offer a faint glint of promise and guarded optimism...
...Listening to the record is alot like seeing the band live. You might find yourself getting lost in the music, drifting off somewhere, perhaps dreaming, about someplace or someone -- but chances are you won't quite be able to put your finger on what it is.
That's the world of The Luck of Eden Hall. And it's not a bad place to get lost.
Gearwire Interview 6
How are you, The Luck of Eden Hall? Haven't checked in on you lately, so I swung by to wish you a happy November & hope you are feeling well! Listen, I have another track up on my page, "Attack Of The Mushroom People." You can Hear it right Now, if you'd like at: www.myspace.com/psychedelicpablo OK, that's it for the shameless self-promotion.Thanks for being a friend. adios for now! Pablo
Don't you hate it when lame ass Rock bands from Chicago, whom you foolishly befriended months ago, randomly appear in comment form to invite you out to their inane shows as if they believe you're gullible enough (you know gullible isn't in the dictionary, right?!) and/or lacking in a social life to actually come hang? Me too. Good thing we're not much of a band or this would be awkward! Awkward like the first dance between two hormone raging teens going through puberty, haha! Alas, it's us, Oui Si Only You, in our most impersonal social networking form. Sorry to get you all excited to read your new comment only to be disappointed like a jilted lover on prom night. It's not all bad, at least we didn't do one of those weird, "Do you like me?" comments, right? I don't think our fragile hearts could have taken the answer to that one! Any who, we're rocking (I know, debatable right, but whether it's master debatable remains the ultimate conundrum!) our last few shows for the year out at a few splendid, unknown little Chicago establishments called Double Door (1572 N. Milwaukee Ave; 21+) on Wed. Nov. 18th at 8pm and Reggie's Rock Club (2109 S. State St.; 17+) on Sat. Nov. 28th at 7pm. We could all perish happily . . . if that's possible . . . knowing you came out and mocked our uninspired /downright ignorant brand of music along with our A.D.D. riddled stage energy. Peace face.
here you go...man..im so proud about my genious musician darling!!!he was fucking brilliant..i guess i was more excited than he...ha...but it was pure beauty!!!!!!!!!
hope all is well over there and youre doing good!?
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Hope things are good with you. We’re playing "Mary Ann’s Dressed In Peace" on BBC Radio Bristol Introducing this Saturday morning between 1-4am (repeated on Sunday 1-4am). Hear it “live” or online on the i-Player anytime in the 7 days after broadcast, there’s a link on our myspace profile.
Happy Dynamic Living!
Richard Pitt & Gary Smith BBC Radio Bristol Introducing
I heard your guys song " beautiful girl on the radio" and I am so honored to not only hear that but to be soon shooting in your shirt.. I CANNOT wait... thanks so much for being a support.
Ha! i remember listening to the rough work-tapes you sent me for our project and thinking to myself, "mmmm Cap'n Glegg is heavily influenced by the great pumpkin..." now i see that i may have that backwards! Cool article.
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