Crumbling Ghost 'Four'

Crumbling Ghost are not newcomers. They've been operating for some time, releasing records sporadically, Four' is in fact their fourth release.

Along the way they've accumulated a fervent coterie of followers, not to mention the occasional nod of approval from tastemakers such as Stuart Maconie, Stewart Lee and Tom Ravenscroft. 

And though they've appeared at Roadburn, shared stages with Hawkwind and even Damo Suzuki, they remain (possibly by design) curiously under the radar. That might change with the quite wonderful 'Four'

The group's core idea is deceptively simple: traditional folk material refracted through the haze and heft of heavy, fuzzy stoner rock with a 
chunk of psyche and a smattering of doom.

Fairport Convention with fuzz. Trees with heft. A pastoral Sonic Youth. Musically, it's a combination that really does work, and it's delivered in some style too.

Folk and metal/heavy rock do have a connection of course, just look at Green Lung and their 'folk horror' infused musical universe, but Crumbling Ghost are a very different beast.

'Four' amply and beautifully demonstrates that when it comes to 'folk horror' there's nothing quite as horrible as folk ... Here, the horror such as it is, and it must be said, the moments of light, comes not from theatrics, but from the songs themselves – which, after all, is where it's always lived.

Vinyl Tracklisting:
Side A
1. Bows of London
2. Bill Norrie
3. Valtz Efter Tor Lohne

Side B
1. Lovely Joan
2. Gower Wassail
3. Last of all Sleep
4. The Unquiet Grave

CD Tracklisting:
1. Bows of London
2. Bill Norrie
3. Valtz Efter Tor Lohne
4. Lovely Joan
5. Gower Wassail
6. Last of all Sleep
7. The Unquiet Grave