Folk Bands and Artists
The Hanging Stars
www.facebook.com/thehangingstars
http://www.thehangingstars.com
The Hanging Stars were an epiphany visited upon the rain soaked air of England’s green and pleasant land, becoming whole, tangible and real in the Californian desert.
There they formed there mix of lush harmonies, cosmic americana and tuneful folk creating something halfway between the Mississippi and the Mersey, the desert’s beating sun and the dark skies of London. Their sound is something timeless and yet somehow new, simultaneously nostalgic and prophetic.
They vary in number, yet wherever they go they carry the rain and the sand with them.
“a hazy, desert-dream of a song, nicely sharpened with steely-eyed guitars, Mersey-laced harmonies and just a whiff of the Gun Club.”
– Guardian
“Swampy psychedelia that recalls the Medway Delta as much as the Mississippi, the band’s new single neatly conjoins these influences.”
– Clash
“You might recognise members of the See See and Coastguards within the ranks of this group but Hanging Stars are trippier that their parent bands – or more “cosmicious”, as they describe themselves on Facebook. A brilliant debut for fans of melted country and acid psych.”
– Sounds XP
