NIGHTINGALE [5060246120424]

2011 release from the Folk Rock supergroup, formed by multi-instrumentalist Simon Tong (The Gorillaz, the Verve), erstwhile Paul McCartney-collaborator David Nock (The Orb, the Cult, the Fireman) and Orcadian singer Erland Cooper. They mix traditional Folk music with Americana, Garage and Psychedelia, and then steam-roller it with a rollicking fug of analogue Ethiopique keyboards and hypnotic effects to create an engaging, deep and beautiful procession of noise, topped majestically by frontman Erland Cooper's sonorous, vintage voice. The album was recorded deep in the bowels of a WWII-era ship moored at Embankment on the river Thames, where dehumidifiers never did manage to remove the dank smell and the sounds of water created an unmistakable ambience.