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ARTIST
OSTRAALY
TITLE
Misery Guests
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
SILTBREEZE
CATALOG #
SB 197LP
SB 197LP
GENRE
ROCK
RELEASE DATE
10/18/2024
"To say that the vinyl release of
Ostraaly
's
Misery Guests
has overcome monumental challenges isn't hyperbole, but fact. The label had been in cahoots with principal band members
Katharine Daly
and
Leonie Brialey
as far back as the
Luggs
CD-R in 2016. Initially this release was to see vinyl action, but a series of setbacks prevented that from happening and when we next caught up w/each other it was 2019. Ostraaly was now a full-on unit and a new set of tracks entitled
Misery Guests
was slated for a cassette issue by the estimable Tenth Court label. Katharine was quite keen for Siltbreeze to release it on vinyl and both sides set about to make it happen. Tenth Court released the cassette in Jan of 2020, vinyl to follow. However, a series of mechanical issues-a new track was added, artwork needed to be revamped-reared up and by the time it was off to press, Covid slammed shut the world. Diligence was the key here, as was hope. And as the world began to come out of its pandemic cocoon sometime in 2021, the project was on once more. But in the midst of retrieving new masters and artwork, Katharine Daly passed away unexpectedly, and that shock naturally put everything into what seemed to be a perpetual limbo. The years passed, but never the desire to see this album fulfilled. It was through the tenacity of the surviving band members, relocating and getting Siltbreeze the new masters and jacket art, that this LP finally sees the light of day as it was meant to some five years prior. What you'll find within the grooves of
Misery Guests
is a band assuredly zoned into what they're laying down. It woozily rollicks in a way that's fetchingly out of step and swings in a rural-like, rough-hewn manner that's unimpeachable. To say nothing of the out-of-time folk ruggedness stitched in, which makes these tracks seem almost plucked out of some mid-'70s time warp that contemporary alt/retro bands could only dream of conceiving. And while its existence will forever remain bittersweet that Daly isn't here to embrace its ultimate fruition, her spirit is forever locked into every nuance of this stone-cold masterpiece. Dedicated to the memory of Katharine Daly and all who sailed w/her. FFO:
Fairport Convention
,
Etchingham Steam Band
,
Patti Smith Group
,
The Garbage & The Flowers
. Edition of 400."
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