Just where has Jane Weaver been hiding from us? The Silver Globe is her 6th full length album and its a physcodelic dream.
The title track itself is a 47 second opener into the 8 minutes of ‘Argent’, which is a magnificent song. The album actually samples Hawkwind’s ‘Star Cannibal’ as the central theme on next track ‘The Electric Mountain’. ‘Arrows’ is a beautifully spacey ballad. That much joy and we are only a few songs into the album.
Jane Weaver hails from Liverpool and is a singer, songwriter and guitarist. She was part of indie band ‘Kill Laura’ and has worked alongside Elbow, Doves, and Badly Drawn Boy. As well as recording her own records she also runs her own label Bird Records and is one of the main people at the archival Finders Keepers label.
The Silver Globe was released in 2014 but has really picked up airplay this year particularly the songs ’Don’t take my Soul’ and the superb ‘Your Time in this Life is just Temporary” (which closes the album) via BBC6 music and the album was re-released in deluxe form in April 2015.
Following the record’s initial release, Jane took to the road via tours with friend Laetitia Sadier of Stereolab Black Rivers (two thirds of Doves) and her own shows.
This expanded edition of The Silver Globe includes a second full-length album called The Amber Light. This album is beautifully physcodelic and ambient. The added album includes four brand new songs, three instrumental themes and three collaborative re-workings and duets based on tracks from The Silver Globe.
Added onto the back of the Silver Globe this makes this an indispensable release for your collection. Jane has also teamed up with Toy for a song called ‘Fell From The Sun’. Have a listen here; it seems a perfect match up.
Among other dates Jane plays Field Day in June and The Liverpool Psych Fest in September.
Pete
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