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Talking Trees

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Private Talking Trees : demo album (UK,2002)*°     

->Septembergurls Rec.            Talking Trees (2002)***

demo I reviewed first :

"A one man project by Sean Chambers of Folkpop with psychfolkpop or something like that. Several songs are pleasant,  does not cross the usual UK folkpop. Luckily a few songs are more worked out. I like the Kitchen Cynics/Gorky Zygotic like Grace Slick cover "Lather". The arrangements on "Dance on the Wind" (with harpsichord) sound also much nicer. Whenever Sean uses rhythms I don't like him there, but I heard he did not have much possibilities to record all like he wanted to. And I heard he is working on getting a band together to play his music with a full band, which I think is a positive thing to hear. Most of the demo has very clear UK folkpop influences. I hope I will hear again from his band. This can either develope into soft folkpop, as into much more psych folkpop. I hope I can keep you informed."

review of the final official album :

Luckily the recordings, done in studio in April this year, did succeed to optimise the music, this with help of a good recording engineer, Mark Warden, and with the help of Stephen O'Sullivan on bass guitars, Steve Tucker on organs and piano, and Dan Barrow, drums. Also, luckily the participating musicians understood Sean's music well. Most of the tracks on this release recalls the more subtle UK softfolkrock pop groups from the seventies, (Kaleidoscope,or like Gorky's Zygotic Minci,...), somewhat modernised. If these kind of styles would interest you, you should check this release for sure. The mood which I liked already on the demo, on "Lather", can be heard throughout most songs now.

Some people make comparisments here with Green Pajamas.

Audio : "Somewhere Upon Worlebury Hill", "Dance With The Wind"

Sean Chambers can be reached at Talkingtrees@bushinternet.com

Webpage: www.talkingtrees.com & http://www.psychedelic-music.net/pmdb/db3/db_band.php4?id=505

Label entry : http://www.septembergurlsrecords.com/index.php?section=BAND&item=34

Wildshine Rec.        Talking Trees : Delusionland (2006)***

The follow-up of the debut has the same qualities as the previous album, perhaps in a more finished technical form. This is enjoyable and fashionable, almost-singalong-rhythmic, simple and happy psychfolkpop with a '60's flower power pop flavour. Some tracks are more acoustic (like the brilliant "Bread and circuses"). The vocals have accents of '60's flavoured psychpop harmony vocals. A very fine album.

Participants are Sean Robert Chambers : Vocals, Guitars (some fuzz) ; Steve Tucker : Hammond organ, Stephen O'Sullivan : Piano, Keyboards, Bass Guitar.   

Audio : "Praying to St. Jude", "Mammon Mandarin","Athabasca"

Info : http://www.angelfire.com/goth/talkingtrees/page5.html ; Label : http://www.wildshinerecords.com/

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