Erland & The Carnival - Closing TimeWhen unassuming young Orkney music maker Erland Cooper picked up his guitar and travelled the length of the country to play a show in Londons Notting Hill, little did he know that a chance encounter with musical veteran Simon Tong (The Verve, The Good The Bad & The Queen, Gorillaz) would be the start of a unique songwriting friendship. Together they formed Erland & The Carnival and now, nearly a decade later, arrives Closing Time, the bands third,

originally released by Factory Records in January 1982

hard-quantised MS10 bassline will appear to root these compositions in the now

In an age where rock is becoming progressively more slick and studio enhanced

Eugene Kelly and Frances McKee's voices intertwine in that ineffable way they have

Black Bananas - Electric Brick Wall

- Bobby Gillespie

Michael Psycho released a great punk rock record that almost no one heard

as well as smashing SXSW on the dusty

While on this adventure

Guest artists include Green Gartside

The relaxed urgency of the sound is inspired by Cadogan‰۪s recent work with Anton Newcombe of The Brian Jonestown Massacre

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