{"product_id":"gnod-hexen-valley-cd","title":"Gnod - Hexen Valley [CD]","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFormat: CD\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCatalogue No.: LAUNCH261CD\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBarcode: 5056321641649\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRelease Date: 01 Apr 2022\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGenre: Post Rock\/Experimental\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBirthed in the bohemian enclave and epicentre of strange vibrations that is Calderdale in West Yorkshire, Hexen Valley’s story began in summer 2021 when a new formation of Gnod came together in a co-op house at the 200-year-old Nutclough Tavern. As always, the line-up of the collective shifted and morphed to fit circumstances, and soon they embarked on intensive jamming that was eventually captured by Sam Greenwood in Hebden Bridge Underground studios.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eInspiration struck not only from the chemistry of the four\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003emusicians in this confined room but all around - the band’s Paddy Shine cites the likes of shop noticeboard messages and pub conversations in Hebden as lyrical sparks; channeling by his reckoning the ‘valley fever’ that exists somewhere in the chasms and contrasts between the amazing light and vivacity of the valley summit and the comparative darkness of the towns below.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMeanwhile, musical shapes were making themselves known seemingly of their own volition, from ‘Still Running’, which takes shape across a sonic hinterland between Daydream Nation-style kineticism and sludged-out aggression to ‘Bad Apple’ - an entirely spontaneous piece of potent and angular post-punk intensity. Perhaps most surprisingly of all, Lou Reed’s tour-bus favourite ‘Waves Of Fear’ is hammered\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eout with fearsome gusto into a salvo of first-take catharsis and alchemy, fit to transcend all or any oppressive atmospheres that surround.Hexen Valley is the sound of a band whose fearsome intensity is only matched by their evolutionary drive.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIt’s Gnod at full power, and it’s a haunted place you might struggle to leave\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTracks:\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1. Bad Apple\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2. Spotlight\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e3. Skies Are Red\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e4. Antidepressants\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e5. Still Runnin’\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e6. Waves Of Fear\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rocket Recordings","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41438491410588,"sku":"LAUNCH261CD","price":12.58,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0130\/8714\/6043\/products\/1_5df7f917-707d-41db-b255-23f1c305a7ef.jpg?v=1644494001","url":"https:\/\/www.horizonsmusic.co.uk\/products\/gnod-hexen-valley-cd","provider":"Horizons Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}