Eyes of the Amaryllis – Sift

Format: LP
Catalogue No.: HOP9
Barcode: 5056321658142
Release Date: 04 Feb 2022
Genre: Pop

The Horn of Plenty proudly presents the debut LP from this new Philadelphia four-piece. Band members are all internationally recognised in various audio and visual arts but this project takes them all into new territory as they attempt a surreal approximation of nice music. Their general merriment and creative fervour was captured in recordings over a few chance family dinners and channelled through a selection of poorly tuned instruments and detritus. Songs collapsing into abstraction, or vagueness uniting in melody, Sift captures the moment between one thing ending and another beginning. Teen girlfriends mumbled bedroom jams striking the secret chord. Alchemy from the ashes. The sound of ideas and ideals. Although conceptually akin to fellow Philadelphian Sun Ra’s Strange Strings, Sift likens to sounds from the early 4AD catalogue, Flying Nun's slowest hitmakers, or Förlag För Fri Musik's stock-in-trade. Presented on black vinyl with printed inner sleeve, A4 riso insert & obi band.

Track list: A1. Laughing at the Prehistoric Horse A2. There is Enough A3. Malibu pt.1 A4. Sound for Clay Harvest A5. Every Year B1. Wysteria pt.2 B2. Arrested at Cenotaph B3. The Small Bedlams B4. Fence Hobbyist B5. Country Music