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02. PRETTY LIGHTNING - We'd Rather Be Some Criminals
03. PRETTY LIGHTNING - Blazing Bright
04. PRETTY LIGHTNING - Hail Hail
05. PRETTY LIGHTNING - See No Evil
06. PRETTY LIGHTNING - Old Lord
07. PRETTY LIGHTNING - Brother Gold Miner
08. PRETTY LIGHTNING - The Sound Of Thunder
09. PRETTY LIGHTNING - An Old Wives' Tale
10. PRETTY LIGHTNING - The Wizard
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ARTIST
TITLE
There Are Witches In The Woods
FORMAT
LP

LABEL
CATALOG #
FR 083LP FR 083LP
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
3/27/2012

LP version. Fonal Records breaks new ground with its first-ever release by a band based outside its native Finland. Pretty Lightning's debut LP proper (following the 2008 tour-only CD-R released by a tiny Mississippi-based noise label), There Are Witches In The Woods could also be seen as a departure stylistically -- although in truth, such finely-honed aesthetics still comfortably align it with the Fonal roster. Pretty Lightning was formed in 2007 by two childhood friends, Christian Berghoff and Sebastian Haas, who grew up together in a small town in Southwest Germany, before relocating to Saarbrücken, a slightly bigger small town. In essence a raw, psychedelic-blues duo that on the surface could be seen as kindred spirits to the likes of Wooden Shjips or Moon Duo, Pretty Lightning also appear to mirror a freak-folk sensibility found in the likes of Sunburned Hand Of The Man and their Stateside compatriots. But they also reflect their closer geographic roots -- echoing the communal, ritualistic Krautrock of Amon Düül II or perhaps the primitivism of Sweden's International Harvester (both Berghoff and Haas are also part of the Saarlouis-based Datashock collective). But if such comparisons serve to place the band in some kind of loose context, they should not undermine such a heartfelt outcome, nor steer the listener away from the band's melodic leanings. There Are Witches In The Woods delivers hooks and harmonies on a grand scale. Recorded in Autumn 2010, the album is the result of the band shutting itself away in a cavernous room to capture the breadth of their sonic vision. Formed around a crux of drums, vocals and a variety of guitars, the arrangements are bolstered by shruti-drones, organ loops and Theremins, giving a sense of space and scope to 11 sweet, succinct chapters, and the album as a whole.