Last years album of the year, Custard Flux's Helium, is getting a vinyl release, oh the joy! The brainchild of the Luck of Eden Hall's Gregory Curvey, Helium is focused around a harmonium Curvey found and restored, subsequently creating an album for which he wrote all songs and played all the instruments. I raved about Helium when it was released, and with good reason, it's a tour de force of musician and artist Gregory Curvey's manifest talents. You must check it out. To mark the announcement came the release of the bonus material found in the sumptuous Custard Flux Helium box edition, of which there are only a couple left. Five wonderful tracks, each one highlighting different aspects of Curvey's musical palette and creative ear. I've said it before, he's a musical magpie, sipping at infinite wells, an alchemist crafter of the unique. A stand out track for me is Curvey's interpretation of Reed's 'Satatlite of Love', it's gentle tempo and marvellous harmonium conjures up
an image of a wandering minstrel serenading someone slowly floating away from Earth. It's an inspired rendition, the harmonium is simply wonderful. This is going to be an excellent release, ''two
Raspberry coloured 180g LPs featuring all 16 songs included on both the
Helium and Box Set Bonus CDs, housed in a jacket with a 1/4” spine, and
kept neat in a reusable plastic bag, plus a lyric sheet and a 6” x 8”
postcard''. Doesn't that sound good. And it's available to pre-order now.
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