The This World, Then The Fireworks (CD)
The Witch Hazel Sound's latest creation inhabits a mystical, mythical
fourth dimension, recalling eras past yet shot through with a
fractal-fractured future still shimmering in the wings? A more intimate
and earthy affair than their previous releases, it seems that rather than
being bundled up in their varied influences, in this breath The Witch Hazel
Sound have found themselves in their music. Yet for all the close-up
connection it is still a grand collection of blessed baroque-pop,
crystalline psychedelia, cozy 70s AM radio verisimilitude and winsome
space-folk, infused with ether-worldly atmospheres. While names like Brian
Wilson and Van Dyk Parks, Arthur Lee and Phil Spector are fully suitable
touchstones, there are the modern equivalents as well, like Mercury Rev and
Grandaddy, The Lassie Foundation and Kingsbury Manx? Previous and
critically acclaimed Flydaddy and Camera Obscura releases charted an
evolution, ?This World, Then the Fireworks?' is The Witch Hazel Sound's
epic revolution.
| Tracklisting | |
| Disk | 1 | |
| 1 | Music Becomes Vibration |
| 2 | 2 or 3 Things to Know About Her |
| 3 | Fireworks |
| 4 | Providence |
| 5 | Blue City |
| 6 | Sun Horse Moon Horse |
| 7 | Guild of Splinters |
| 8 | Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye |
| 9 | Halo of Brass |
| 10 | Kiss Me Monster |
| 11 | Ballad of Constance Money |
| 12 | Boy With Green Hair |