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01. THE BIG EYES FAMILY PLAYERS - Pendulum
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02. THE BIG EYES FAMILY PLAYERS - Across The Waves
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03. THE BIG EYES FAMILY PLAYERS - Desert Queen
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04. THE BIG EYES FAMILY PLAYERS - Ghosts
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05. THE BIG EYES FAMILY PLAYERS - Joyce
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06. THE BIG EYES FAMILY PLAYERS - Witch-Prickers Dream
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07. THE BIG EYES FAMILY PLAYERS - The Blind Punch
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08. THE BIG EYES FAMILY PLAYERS - Song for Thirza
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09. THE BIG EYES FAMILY PLAYERS - Ray
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10. THE BIG EYES FAMILY PLAYERS - Reeves' Lament
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ARTIST
BIG EYES FAMILY PLAYERS, THE
TITLE
Oh!
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
HOME ASSEMBLY
CATALOG #
HAM 013LP
HAM 013LP
GENRE
ROCK
RELEASE DATE
3/18/2016
The Big Eyes Family Players
, a loose collective based around Sheffield, England-based artist
James Green
, present
Oh!
, their first album since
Folk Songs II
(Static Caravan, 2012) and their first album of original material since 2009's
Warm Room
. The group, who have previously collaborated with the likes of
James Yorkston
,
Alasdair Roberts
, and
Rachel Grimes
, recorded
Oh!
as a slimmed-down five-piece with a sound that veers more toward the '60s psychedelic pop of the likes of
The United States of America
and
Broadcast
than it does toward the instrumentals or folk songs for which Big Eyes are perhaps best known.
Oh!
consists mainly of vocal-led songs written by James Green and
Heather Ditch
, with themes ranging from family dysfunction to hauntings and fictional historical events. The centerpiece of the album is the dramatic "Joyce," which concerns the true story of
Joyce Vincent
, who was found dead in her apartment in London three years after she died. Another highlight, the wonderful "Song for Thirza," is the only cover on the album -- a little-known song by
Lal Waterson
about a girl who lived with the Waterson family, rescued from the workhouse in the 1950s. The sound of the album is perhaps best described as psychedelic pop, with fizzing organs and droning synths, flutes, reverbed guitars and bass, and playful drums swirling around Ditch's delay-soaked vocals.
Oh!
was recorded in Sheffield, England, and produced by Sheffield music-maestro
Dean Honer
(
I Monster
,
Eccentronic Research Council
,
The Moonlandingz
). It features contributions on viola and musical saw from
Aby Vulliamy
(
The National Jazz Trio of Scotland
,
Trembling Bells
,
Aidan Moffat
). Artwork by Yorkshire, England-based design and print artist
Laura Slater
. Includes download code. Edition of 250.
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