CHAPTERS / DEAN MCPHEE - 'SPLIT'

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• WIW006 - 7"

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WAREHOUSE FIND! The World in Winter label release their latest split 7", featuring a slice of experimental folk-drone from Chapters and the debut release from "the psych folk guitar genius that is Dean McPhee" (Sideways through Sound). Taking his inspiration from a broad range of influences - Psychedelic and Post Rock, Mali Blues, Minimalism, Krautrock, British Folk, Bluegrass and Moroccan Trance ? Dean McPhee uses his Telecaster, valve amp and analog effects to create hypnotically powerful electric guitar pieces that leave audiences "transfixed and transported" (Radio Starlion). Recorded in one take, Water Burial's understated finger-picking and shimmering guitar tone create a tidal rhythm, as each note trails off into space. Meanwhile on side AA, Chapters follow up 2007's EP1 with The Whiteness of the Whale, five minutes of drawn out experimentalism, layered over an incessant kick-drum and gentle guitar riff. Dean started gigging as a solo guitarist in early 2007, supporting Meg Baird (Espers), David Thomas Broughton, Jeniferever, Sharon Van Etten, Xela, David A. Jaycock, Dan Haywood's New Hawks and Sam and the Plants, playing Hedgefest and the Lost in the Woods festival. Water Burial, with its insidious rhythm, is a beautiful introduction to Dean's sound, opening the way for a full-length album in 2009. The Chapters lads - Old Derbyshire school friends Mike Brooks, James Rutledge and Jimmy Wright - continue their leisurely approach to recording sessions, allowing their musical output to grow up from the eclectic post-folk instrumentalism of earlier releases. The Whiteness of the Whale still has the naive guitar thrums of EP1 but foregrounds the experimentalism hinted at in tracks like All That Mighty Heart and Tenon, fusing underwater moog, panned organ sounds and random electric bleeps with trademark guitar parts to create a pulsing anthemic crescendo-like track. Dean McPhee will be playing at Silver Apples in Manchester, 29th January, with support from Sam and the Plants (Twisted Nerve) and Magpahi (Bird recordings). Limited edition.

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A. Dean McPhee Water Burial
AA. Chapters The Whiteness of the Whale

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Debut release from Mojo/Uncut favourite Dean Mcphee.

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STONE COAL WHITE - 'S/T'

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• CT-010 - LP

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• CT-010CD - CD

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COMING IN ON CD now, this ones a hot one! The first offering from DJ Shadow,'s Cali-Tex imprint in over 3 1/2 years features Dayton, Ohio's Stone Coal White. Perhaps the most underground act in a scene that was already vastly subterranean, bassist Melvin Payne, guitarist Tommy Mundy, and drummer Joey "Lobo" Rodrick released their sound from the deepest chasm of the black experience. Channeling Vietnam nightmares, grass, LSD, unhinged sexuality, poverty, and violence, Stone Coal White created a spiritual sound that was uniquely their own. Some will recognize "You Know" from the black-psych mix bible Chains & Black Exhaust, but as the group's two 45s exist in single digit quantities, only a handful have heard the rest of this Ho Chi Min City-damaged oeuvre. Their two 45s have been bolstered with four previously unissued tracks found in the basement of a now-condemned motorcycle gang hideout. Along with never before seen photos, this vastly unheard slice of gritty, hazed-out Ohio psych rock finally gets it's due beyond the cranked out bikers it was originally intended for. File under: Black Psych

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COP WARMTH - 'DIE SLOW'

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• ITR216 - 7"

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On the debut release from Houston, TX's newest noisemongers, Cop Warmth delivers five tracks of ugly noise rock that will melt your face. Edition of 500.

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