The Opium Cartel
Posted by: Nick Lees on 09 August 2009
If anyone is after am album that doesn't want to rip your ears off, is centred around really good tunes and yet isn't sappy, then I can thoroughly recomend Night Blooms by The Opium Cartel.
It's basically a solo album by Norwegian band White Willow's Jacob Holm-Lupo plus a bunch of Norwegian, Swedish and British guests (including Tim Bowness, and on Skinnydip our own Stephen Bennett of Fire Thieves and the late, lamented Henry Fool*).
To put it simply, the songs are beautiful, the arrangements simple yet interesting, varied and effective. Not a duff track and top chill. Oh, and they plan to release a vinyl version.
Not for Death Metal freaks!
Their Myspace site
* for those of you who don't remember Henry Fool's only album to date it was a terrific non-derivative prog album with Tim Bowness et al. Stephen has a double-album's worth of new Fool stuff sitting on his hard drive waiting for him to mix...but there it sits...
It's basically a solo album by Norwegian band White Willow's Jacob Holm-Lupo plus a bunch of Norwegian, Swedish and British guests (including Tim Bowness, and on Skinnydip our own Stephen Bennett of Fire Thieves and the late, lamented Henry Fool*).
To put it simply, the songs are beautiful, the arrangements simple yet interesting, varied and effective. Not a duff track and top chill. Oh, and they plan to release a vinyl version.
Not for Death Metal freaks!
Their Myspace site
* for those of you who don't remember Henry Fool's only album to date it was a terrific non-derivative prog album with Tim Bowness et al. Stephen has a double-album's worth of new Fool stuff sitting on his hard drive waiting for him to mix...but there it sits...
Gary,
A good find, thanks.
I saw the Rachel Haden - vocals credit on the OC Myspace and that she had played with Todd Rundgren. I saw her last year on Todd's 'Arena' tour and very good she was too. I didn't know that she was one of Charlie Haden's daughters, but such is the wonder on the internet.
A good find, thanks.
I saw the Rachel Haden - vocals credit on the OC Myspace and that she had played with Todd Rundgren. I saw her last year on Todd's 'Arena' tour and very good she was too. I didn't know that she was one of Charlie Haden's daughters, but such is the wonder on the internet.