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01. Trimdon Grange Explosion - Twenty-Four Hours
02. Trimdon Grange Explosion - Poor Wayfaring Stranger
03. Trimdon Grange Explosion - Four
04. Trimdon Grange Explosion - The Bonnie Banks of Fordie
05. Trimdon Grange Explosion - Christian's Silver Hell
06. Trimdon Grange Explosion - Weeping and Waiting
07. Trimdon Grange Explosion - Haading For A Fall
08. Trimdon Grange Explosion - Another Twenty-Four Hours
09. Trimdon Grange Explosion - Glass and Sand
10. Trimdon Grange Explosion - Spinning Wheel
ARTIST
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Trimdon Grange Explosion
FORMAT
LP

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FTR 426LP FTR 426LP
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RELEASE DATE
1/18/2019

"Back in the early Oughts, there was a great UK folk rock combo called The Eighteenth of May. They did one album and cut out. Trimdon Grange Explosion is that band, minus two members, and their debut LP kicks up one of the finest blends of UK folk and West Coast psych since the glory days of Fairport. Alison Cotton and Mark Nicholas (also of Left Outsides) comprise half the band, alongside guitarist Ben Phillipson and drummer Karl Sabino. And their vibe is akin to a classic Witchseason production. Ringing layers of psychedelic guitars, backed by throbbing rhythms, and stacks of small sonic events, topped with gorgeously folk-flecked vocals. There are flashes of everything from the Velvets to the Byrds woven amongst the sounds, but the bulk of it will make you feel like you're playing an album that might have been ZigZag's Record of the Year back in 1971. The band's name refers to a coal mining disaster in a town up near Newcastle in the 1880s. Martin Carthy and the Mekons both did good covers of the tune Tommy Armstrong wrote about it. But none of them did anything approaching the grandeur of this band's album (originally issued as a CDR last year by Borley Rectory). Take up the nearest stethoscope and walk. Now!" --Byron Coley, 2018