1989 marks also Kölsch's intensified deployment of real-life orchestral sounds and the continuation of his extremely fruitful collaboration with Gregor Schwellenbach
"I was guzzling wine at my favorite bar in San Francisco
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But the album captures the character of the songs live with no frills
into the Lungfish creative process
ALL MY FAVORITE SINGERS ARE WILLIE NELSON | VINYL RECORD (LP) 0 1989 marks also Kölsch's intensifiedFrom the unfiltered inner monologue of Calgary's Matthew Swann, Astral Swans is the sound of time spent next to the radiator in a cold apartment. Swann's observations are stark and personal, bringing to mind images of the American underground's various eras. Equally inspired by 60's folk, no wave, and 90's sludge, Astral Swans is at once: haunting, sincere, psychedelic, and strange picture Nick Drake, Vashti Bunyan, Syd Barrett, and Sibyelle Baier,