ALBUMs

Snowgoose are Jim McCulloch, Dave McGowan, Anna Sheard, Raymond McGinley and Stuart Kidd and their debut album ‘Harmony Springs’ was released last year and at the time slipped under our radar somehow. 

We had already had the lovely album from Lightships “Electric Cables’ in 2012 via Teenage Fanclub’s Gerard Love and this time around, Snowgoose includes Teenage Fanclub’s Raymond McGinley.

Originally formed as a three-piece with Jim (The Soup Dragons and BMX Bandits) on guitar, Dave on bass and Anna Sheard on vocals. Raymond (guitar) and Stuart (drums) joined to make the band a five-piece. As that five piece the band have delivered eleven songs on ‘Harmony Springs’ a record so varied, that each song becomes it’s own adventure and story. 

The album was recorded at Leeders Farn in Norfolk and at Raymond’s studio in Glasgow and features guest appearances from Norman Blake (Teenage Fanclub) John McCusker (renowned folkster) Dave McCluskey (of The Bluebells), and Peter Domberknowsky (of Giant Sand).

Folk, indie, jazz all flow, phsych, reverb, acoustic guitars all tied together by Anna’s exquisite vocals which, have me grasping for Annie Haslam, Renaissance records to play next.

The musicianship on this album is unsurpassable and the listening enjoyment is immense. Let’s hope they can make it back down south for some shows pretty soon.

Pete

10/11

Harmony Springs is available now on vinyl, CD and download via Open Hearth in the UK and Ba Da Bing in USA. 

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