PAINT THE GROUND ALBUM REVIEW in SHINDIG MAGAZINE...

 

Where folk and country rock collide with pops soft mesh and shades of the psychedelic, this is where you'll find Paint the Grounds main aspects. Originally a 2012 download affair, this album is a thing of beauty with natural echoes of the modern pastoral in abundance; of meadows soaking up summer rays, of footfalls traipsing through the changing seasons, of shadows lengthening outside tabernacle homes.

Shimmering six and 12-strings and dreaming harmonies are joined occasionally by softly buzzing jaws harp, mellotron and zither, creating a panoply of bliss filled vistas that evoke such disparate, wide eyed spirits as 'Diamond Dew' era Gorky's, Peruvian McCartney worshipers We All Together and, somewhat quizzically, the languid haze of early Ride.

'Willow and the Water Mill', the panoramic glide of 'Antler Season' and joyously sparkling opener 'Look Into My River' are but a few of the goose bump-causing highlights on offer.

ALBUM REVIEW of CUT YOUR KEY in SHINDIG MAGAZINE..

 

Maybe a year and a half ago The Junipers stepped out of 1967 and affiliated themselves with the great stable of bands based around London's Redbricks Club Night. Unlike a lot of modern bands that tip their hat to late 60's psychedelia, The Junipers decided that songs and melodies were more important than getting the right haircuts and sitting around pretending they lived in Laurel Canyon.

On this, their debut album, the band have merged a melodic touch that really is second to none, with a refreshingly timeless production; taking inspiration from the golden era of recording, but never laboriously emulating.

It sounds like it could have been recorded on tape, but to be honest who cares when the songs are this great? 

Imagine Curt Boettcher and Brian Wilson double teaming McCartney's 'Ram' and you wouldn't be far off.

Nowhere near enough bands sound like prime Harry Nilsson nowadays.

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