THE HELICOPTER OF THE HOLY GHOST - Afters - LP - Recycled Vinyl

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THE HELICOPTER OF THE HOLY GHOST - Afters - LP - Recycled Vinyl

THE HELICOPTER OF THE HOLY GHOST - Afters - LP - Recycled Vinyl

€27.99 €17.99

 

LABEL: Kscope

CAT NO: KSCOPE1120

BARCODE: 802644812014

 

Tracklisting:
1. Slow Down
2. Difficult Song
3. Tony Got A Car
4. A Little Longer
5. Hanger Lane Gyratory System, 4:44am
6. I Will Never Hate
7. End Of Loneliness
8. You Too
9. I Didn’t


THE HELICOPTER OF THE HOLY GHOST
– Afters

LP – 140g Recycled Vinyl
(With Art Print and Housed in Recycled Sleeve.)


The debut album from the Helicopter of Holy Ghosts:

Mark Morriss ( The Bluetones )
Billy Reeves ( theaudience )
Crayola Lectern ( Lost Horizons / Departure Lounge )
Mark Peters ( Engineers )
Co-produced by Richard Archer of Hard-Fi
Feat. Simon Raymonde ( The Cocteau Twins ) and Thomas Anderson ( Gazpacho )

In 2001 Billy Reeves, fresh from introducing the world to Sophie Ellis-Bextor (via their band theaudience) was smashed to bits by joyriders whilst in his Morris Minor – resulting in a two-week coma and a year in and out of hospital. In 2017 his brother gave him two mini-discs that had been saved from the wreckage, including demos of songs he had forgotten – due to crash-related amnesia.

Mark Morriss of chart-topping Hounslow janglers The Bluetones agreed to sing them, so with the assistance of Richard Archer (Hard-Fi), along with Crayola Lectern (Zofff / Departure Lounge), and Mark Peters (Engineers), these songs would form the debut long player from The Helicopter of The Holy Ghost.

The original concept for the material was probably while Billy was signed to Sony, which pointed toward a more commercial sound, however Crayola Lectern’s involvement on piano help send the recordings into a more ‘Canterbury’ direction, taking influence from Caravan, Robert Wyatt and the like.

Featuring a groovy guest line-up including Simon Raymonde of Cocteau Twins, Dale Davis from Amy Winehouse’s band, Andy Lewis from Paul Weller’s group, Smiley from Joe Strummer’s Mescalaros and Thomas Anderson of fellow Kscope signees Gazpacho, the wide-ranging influence herein is evident throughout a very sweet, gentle, calming album of originality and versatility.

See below for tracklisting…