RJ McKendree - Wallflower (Repress)

Format: LP
Catalogue No.: HOG3316
Barcode: 5053760101727
Release Date: 28 Apr 2023
Genre: Folk/Americana

Black Vinyl LP limited to 300 copies worldwide

TRACKLIST:
A1 Cow of the Road
A2 Villager
A3 Bog Asphodel
A4 Clapper Bridge
A5 Penny Marshwort
B1 Gods of Mist, and Stone
B2 Little Meg
B3 Mrs Nicholas
B4 Marsh Pennywort
B5 Sad Portrait of a Dog
B6 Sea Cabbage

In 1968 a Californian musician blows through a West Country village where he writes a set of haunting songs that will earn him a group of obsessive fans and a cult following.

The set of eleven songs form the album Wallflower. The Californian is RJ McKendree, created by the best-selling author Tom Cox from his novel Villager, brought to life by musician Will Twynham (Dimorphodons).

Villager, Tom Cox’s thirteenth book and debut novel synthesises his passion for music, nature and folklore into a psychedelic and enthralling exploration of village life and the countryside that sustains it.

Wallflower is a dreamlike, poetic record that reaches through time, rich with metaphor from landscape, soil and rock. Drawing on outsider blues, psychedelia, and the early folk rock scenes of both the US and UK, Wallflower possesses an expansive feel that sometimes turns dark, dense and murky, leaning into the ritual and folkloric mysteries that lurk on the edge of a Dartmoor-esque landscape.

PRESS/ONLINE: ‘Rich in wonder, longing and exalted psychedelic flight’ ★★★★ MOJO
‘A glorious melange of folk, Americana and psychedelia’ SHINDIG!
‘Transportive, creative and immersive . . . great beauty, intrigue and addictive charm’ MOOF

LIVE: Saturday 22nd April 2023 (Record Store Day) – Clocktower Records, Bridport, Dorset, UK
RJ McKendree (with band) and Tom Cox. Words and music from Tom Cox’s novel Villager. Performing the album Wallflower in full.