Witch Hazel

Witch Hazel

Led by multi-instrumentalist/main songwriter Kevin Coral, alternative pop/rockers Witch Hazel (also known as Witch Hazel Sound) hail from Kent, OH, and specialize in lush sounds à la Brian Wilson's spectacular collaborations with Van Dyke Parks back in the '60s. Originally formed in 1992, the group issued their debut single a year later ("Just Don't Try" b/w "Plain"), receiving favorable reviews in such publications as Billboard, New Music Express, and Alternative Press, among others. A split single with the Mommyheads followed, as well as an E...[more]

A dreamy, earthy sleepwalk through Brian Wilson's sandbox, It's All True is like a lost Crosby, Stills & Nash album if it were co-produced by Phil Spector and Van Dyke Parks. Shimmering and earthy at the same time, this Kent, OH, band sounds oddly displaced in the Midwest (almost like a cross between fellow landlocked dreamers like His Name Is Alive and the rootsy Original Brothers and Sisters of Love). Tracks range from the lo-fi electro of "The Libertine Revisited" to the swelling [ read more ]

"We Got The Power (Love Letter From America)"

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9/2	Brian Wilson That Lucky Old Sun
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