Trees - On The Shore - [Vinyl]

New pressing on black vinyl (500 units). Following the recently released and highly praised Trees 50th Anniversary box set on Earth Recordings, Trees reissue their second album as a standalone release. �A beautiful hybrid, Trees found a unique space between intimate folk and freewheeling psychedelia. Musically ambitious yet brilliantly balanced, they have left an enduring legacy for those lucky enough to be in on the secret� Edd Gibson, Friendly Fires. It�s now over fifty years since Trees� formation, a band who helped define �Acid Folk�, creating a sub-category in the lexicon of record dealers and music critics alike. Released just months after their debut second album, �On The Shore� sees a shift from the first record into something darker and more ambivalent with an arcane Englishness. The product of an era characterised by clunky polemic, arcadian sentimentality or English fuzzy-felt surrealism, the album, like all classic records, is so much greater than the sum of its parts. Opening with �Soldiers Three�, learned from Dave Swarbrick, the album includes another traditional tune and one of the definitive moments in English folk rock �Polly On The Shore� alongside �Sally Free and Easy� and �Streets of Derry�. // �The music�s arcane power remains intact� Mojo // �A fantastic band� Record Collector. // �Spectacular� Uncut. // �Sublime� Shindig. // �Timeless� Prog. // �It�s these two original albums that stand as pinnacles of form� The Wire. //

Trees - On The Shore - [Vinyl]

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