The Owl Service: His Pride. No Spear. No Friend - VINYL LP

The Owl Service: His Pride. No Spear. No Friend - VINYL LPTitle: His Pride. No Spear. No Friend Artist: The Owl Service Label: Horn Records Product Type: VINYL LP UPC: 666017287713 Genre: Rock Release Date: 2016 06 24 Number of Discs: 2 His Pride. No Spear. No Friend. Is the third full length album from English alternative folk collective The Owl Service, their first new material since 2010's acclaimed The View from a Hill. This album sees the band eschewing both their psych folk beginnings and the more

Title: His Pride. No Spear. No Friend
Artist: The Owl Service
Label: Horn Records
Product Type: VINYL LP
UPC: 666017287713
Genre: Rock
Release Date: 2016-06-24
Number of Discs: 2

His Pride. No Spear. No Friend. Is the third full-length album from English alternative folk collective The Owl Service, their first new material since 2010's acclaimed The View from a Hill. This album sees the band eschewing both their psych-folk beginnings and the more polished, classic folk-rock sound of The View from a Hill to serve up an album of songs mostly from the British folk tradition but without folk instrumentation, and with little in the way of folk sensibilities. Instead, the band strived to create a different kind of modern folk album, placing these familiar songs in unfamiliar settings. Whereas previous albums unashamedly wore their influences on their sleeves, giving significant nods to the likes of Fairport Convention, Martin Carthy, Anne Briggs, Shirley Collins, and Trees, this time the starting point was the sounds of '90s US post-hardcore and early post-rock bands, in which The Owl Service were immersed while arranging these songs. The end product is a unique reimagining of 21st-century folk music a world away from any of their contemporaries. Double 180g black vinyl. Edition of 300 worldwide.

Tracks:
1.1 The Widow's Lament
1.2 The False Knight
1.3 The Skater
2.1 Geordie
2.2 Sea Song
3.1 Salisbury Plain
3.2 Living By the Water
4.1 Hugh of Lincoln
4.2 Willie's Lady