Grey Onion

VINYL FORMAT. Limited to 1000 copies! Three songs, twenty-five minutes. Adding additional instrumentation to his alchemical layers of hypnotic strings and voice has helped the already unique Tucker sound move into new directions, as brooding saxophone snakes menacingly through the riff-heavy atmosphere, and the teasing strains of the clarinet amp the spook factor up to maximum. Here Alexander Tucker carefully constructs his Latitude session, layering fully orchestrated pieces from deceptively simple beginnings using guitar, mandolin, cello and most importantly his voice. It's Tucker's voice which has always set him apart from other psych/folk explorers: wonderfully English and simultaneously other-worldly, something of his humble and extremely thoughtful nature comes through his self-harmonizing and often wordless refrains. Along with a playful sense of humor you can sense something quite melancholy at its core.