acid folk music review presents
Peril Hill

CD (2005)









Singing Knives Rec.Peril Hill : Scream at the Jackdaw, make him stop (UK,2005)****

Not much info on this group ; I was only able to find out that the band is led by a singer/songwriter with a guitar, Marc Gardner, who is accompanied but not so much on each track by two members from Deerpark, which is Fiona Kennedy on viola and vocals and Jonathan Marshall on harmonium and guitar with Tom Hardman on banjo and home-made psaltery. The album is recorded in one take. We hear delicate songs, harmonious with silence, with arrangements that have moody acid/psych folk associations…

Audio : http://www.myspace.com/perilhill
Label info : http://www.singingknivesrecords.co.uk/perilhill.html
Other reviews : http://www.cokemachineglow.com/reviews/hill_scream2005.html
& http://www.stayfun.co.uk/old/albums/perilhill-screamatthejackdaw.shtml
& http://www.geocities.com/vanityprojectfanzine/issue15singles.html#peril
& http://www.singingknivesrecords.co.uk/comeswsmilereview.html
French review : http://www.derives.net/reviews/review.php?id=1298

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