Something psychedelic this way comes…
Liverpool unleashes another psych-folk monster – what are they feeding the kids? It’s there in the music of everyone from the La’s to Ladytron; an off-kilter wonder that sets the place and its art apart from the rest of the country.
Stealing Sheep are very much a group channelling that source. You could hear it in their first recordings, released collectively as the Noah & The Paper Moon e.p. And its there flowing throughout their debut album proper, Into The Diamond Sun, a collection of songs that don’t so much defy genres as gleefully hand-pick the most mellifluous elements of everything from voodoo folk, DIY pop, post punk and analogue electronica, and stitch them together into a glorious harmonic whole.
Into the Diamond Sun is a glimmering, shimmering work, where Rebecca, Emily and Lucy’s unique visions of music warp into a singular whole. It’s also an exceptional addition to Liverpool’s celebrated lineage of unconventional art and music.
Catch Stealing Sheep on tour this summer:
Sunday 1 July – CLITHEROE – The Beat Herder
Tuesday 3 July – HEBDEN BRIDGE – Hebden Bridge Arts Festival
Friday 13 July – CHELTENHAM – 2000 Trees Festival
Saturday 14 July – LIVERPOOL – Kazimier Summer Garden Party (Headline)
Friday 20 July – CORNWALL – Port Elliot Festival
Sunday 22 July – ABBOTS RIPTON – Secret Garden Party
Saturday 4 August – HERTFORDSHIRE – Standon Calling
Friday 10 August – LYMINGTON – Kneedeep Festival
Friday 17 August – GLANUSK – Greenman Festival
Saturday 1 September – LONDON – Rough Trade East (Instore album launch)
Saturday 1 September – KENT – In The Woods Festival
Saturday 8 September – ISLE OF WIGHT – Bestival
Saturday 15 September – PORTMERION – Festival No.6