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Erland and the Carnival - Nightingale

Review by Neil Ashman

Erland and the Carnival are a group who don't need to concern themselves with where they figure in the history and future of folk music in any sense. They are more than interesting enough just being themselves.»

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london-based psych-folk trio, erland and the carnival, follow their eponymous debut with a second album titled 'nightingale'. the album was recorded deep in a ship moored at embankment on the river thames, which lead to a very surreal recording experience. they mix traditional folk music with americana, garage and psychedelia, and then steam-roller it with a rollicking fug of analogue ethiopique keyboards and hypnotic effects to create an engaging, deep and beautiful procession of noise, topped majestically by orcadian frontman erland cooper's sonorous, vintage voice.
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