The Owsley Sunshine

THE OWSLEY SUNSHINE: WATERMELON PRESS RELEASE



HAVING GARNERED INTERNATIONAL ACCLAIM FROM SUCH JOURNALS AS ROLLING STONE AND THE NME, AND ACQUIRING A GLOBAL FANBASE SPANNING FROM JAPAN TO THE U.S, THE OWSLEY SUNSHINE CONTINUE TO REMIND THE WORLD WHY THEYRE KNOWN AS "GLASGOWS MOST PROLIFIC BAND" BY DELIVERING THEIR THIRD FULL-LENGTH ALBUM OF CREATIVELY BOUNDLESS POP MUSIC IN AS MANY YEARS! (AND THATS NOT EVEN COUNTING 2 EPs AND 2 COLLECTIONS!) WATERMELON IS THEIR 3rd SELF PRODUCED ALBUM, AND THEIR FIRST FOR THE BRAND NEW GLASGOW INDEPENDENT LABEL CELL 44 RECORDS, FOLLOWING LOOK TO THE MERRY GO SUN AND ANOTHER KIND OF SUMMER ON THE OWSLEYS OWN START A RIOT LABEL.



WATERMELON IS THE BANDS MOST COMPLETE AND VARIED LP TO DATE!



THE BANDS TWIN CREATIVE FORCES OF JOE KANE AND NIC DENHOLM HAVE EGGED EACH OTHER ON INTO CREATING THE BANDS ULTIMATE FULL-LENGTH MASTERWORK! THIS IS AN ALBUM AS FRESH AND AS FULL OF NOURISHING CONTENT AS ITS NAME-SAKE FRUIT!!



THE LPS 18 TRACKS, RECORDED FROM JAN TO JULY 2005, HAVE BEEN CHERRY PICKED FROM A POTENTIAL 30 RECORDED FOR AN ORIGINALLY PROPOSED DOUBLE ALBUM, RESULTING IN A SINGLE DISC OF PURE CONCENTRATED MELODIC JOY AND INVENTION! ; STYLES COVERED ON THE LP RANGE FROM COUNTRY DUB TO VOCODERED SPECTOR-POP, VIA PSYCHEDELIC PUNK ROCK, MUSIC HALL, PRISON SINGALONGS, CINEMATIC EPICS AND UNASHAMED MERSEYBEAT, TO NAME JUST A FEW OF THE MOODS AND THEMES PACKED ONTO THE DISC. EVERY TRACK IS A DOOR TO ANOTHER CORNER OF THE OWSLEYS PSYCHEDELIC, CREPUSCULAR DREAM POPLAND WHERE INFECTIOUS, IMAGINATIVE MELODIES CONCEAL A TWISTED LYRICAL BENT AND DECEPTIVELY DARK IMAGERY.



ADDITIONAL INSTRUMENTATION COLOURING PASSAGES OF THE LP INCLUDES FLUTE, SAXAPHONE, BUGLE, ZITHER & MELLOTRON, WHILE EVERY TRACK HAS BEEN THE SUBJECTED TO THE METICULOUS, BANG UP-TO-DATE PRODUCTION AND ARRANGEMENT GENIUS OF JOE KANE; EVERY INSTRUMENT BURSTS FRESH AND CLEAR OUT OF YOUR SPEAKERS, FROM THE DRUMS OF STEPHAN MORS AND NEIL HARRISS BASS-LINES RIGHT UP TO THE BANDS FAMOUSLY INVENTIVE VOCAL HARMONIES. THE ALBUM IS PACKAGED IN AN ATTRACTIVE SLIM-LINE SLEEVE, AND CONTAINS AN AMAZING FULL-COLOUR 8-PAGE WATERMELON COMIC BY THE BAND'S ARTIST/DESIGNER ADAM J SMITH, ADDING AN INTRIGUING VISUAL DIMENSION TO THE WATERMELON CONCEPT! ALL IN ALL ITS AN ENDLESSLY REWARDING ALBUM TO PLAY AND GET LOST IN AGAIN AND AGAIN, AND AVAILABLE FOR YOUR OWNERSHIP FOR ONLY 6.99!



WATERMELON IS BOTH AN EXCELLENT INTRODUCTION TO THE OWSLEY SUNSHINE FOR NEW LISTENERS AND THEIR ULTIMATE LP FOR ESTABLISHED FANS; ITS INSTANTLY ACCESSIBLE FROM THE FIRST LISTEN, YET RICH ENOUGH IN MELODIC APPEAL AND LYRICAL INTRIGUE TO STAND UP TO 1,000 REPEAT LISTENS. WITH ITS RELEASE, THERES NEVER BEEN A BETTER TIME TO GET INTO THE OWSLEYS AND BEGIN EXPLORING THEIR UNIVERSE!



By Adam J Smith, for Ivan Lendil Music.



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