Featured in Michael Fremer's Heavy Rotation in the November 2003 Issue of Stereophile!
The wildly eclectic Scottish folk outfit -- with the airy vocals and fretboard prowess of Robin Williamson and Mike Heron as its two constants -- began life resurrecting wondrous and ancient Celtic ballads, then was transformed by the perfumed winds of 1967s psychedelic revolution to add sitar, oud, gimbri and all manner of exotic axes to its arsenal. The result is a gently mesmerizing psychedelia and anti-folk stance -- consummate counterpoint to current psych heroes like Mogwai and Beachwood Sparks -- that makes perfectly clear why the Incredible String Band remains just that: Incredible!
Selections:
1. Chinese White
2. No Sleep Blues
3. Painting Box
4. The Mad Hatters Song
5. LIttle Cloud
6. The Eyes Of Fate
7. Blues For The Muse
8. The Hedgehogs Song
9. First Girl I Loved
10. You Know What You Could Be
11. My Name Is Death
12. Gently Tender
13. Way Back In The 1960s
The wildly eclectic Scottish folk outfit -- with the airy vocals and fretboard prowess of Robin Williamson and Mike Heron as its two constants -- began life resurrecting wondrous and ancient Celtic ballads, then was transformed by the perfumed winds of 1967s psychedelic revolution to add sitar, oud, gimbri and all manner of exotic axes to its arsenal. The result is a gently mesmerizing psychedelia and anti-folk stance -- consummate counterpoint to current psych heroes like Mogwai and Beachwood Sparks -- that makes perfectly clear why the Incredible String Band remains just that: Incredible!
Selections:
1. Chinese White
2. No Sleep Blues
3. Painting Box
4. The Mad Hatters Song
5. LIttle Cloud
6. The Eyes Of Fate
7. Blues For The Muse
8. The Hedgehogs Song
9. First Girl I Loved
10. You Know What You Could Be
11. My Name Is Death
12. Gently Tender
13. Way Back In The 1960s
