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Songs of Green Pheasant

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The strenght of this self titled release is its distance from the everyday world. The songs drift effortlessly like the soundtrack to some ethereal dream. Being acoustically based, it's organic and light, as if blowing through the wind. And there is a late sixties psychedelic quality to the arrangements accounting for the buzzing noises flowing in the background.

It's a difficult album to categorize. It draws on the beauty and sounds of past decades as if it wasn't created in the present time. I consider it similar to Panda Bear in the regard.

Fans of Devendra Banhart and Joanna Newsom might like this one. Songs of Green Pheasant is the work of Duncan Sumpner. This is a very lo-fi recording that sounds much like some trippy records of the past like Lansing-Drieden and The Langley School. The sounds of new weird America have touched those in Sheffield. Sumpner did these recordings three years ago, and sent them to a label, and it took a while to get back to him. The result is something very unique. Sort of reminds me of some muddle versions of some early Eyeless in Gaza stuff. This is another record to get into and dream about distant places. It is a good opportunity to use your brain. Damn those who are preying to a god that doesn't exist. Songs of Green Pheasant is truly brilliant.