He Arrived By Helicopter - The Shiny Hostel
Finger picking, Americana, pop, world vibe.... The new release by He Arrived By Helicopter is collection of well done pieces. Christian Gibbs, the creative force, flying listeners from country to city, across land and sea. There are moments of guitar genius, sounding like this is a Tomkins Square release, but those flicker to the divine pop feel of something from MJMJ Records. But for the world eclectic sound, right at home on Very Special Recordings.
The Shiny Hostel is a difficult diamond to describe. Too many cuts creating a myriad of facets, all polished and beaming sonic splendor. The best place to begin is probably the guitar playing tracks. There a quite a few of these gem stationed throughout the twelve tracks. All with different sensibilities and flares. Think of deeply felt string vibrations of Michael Hedges, but sometimes the more traditional connections of Glenn Jones and Jack Rose. The two stand out vocal tracks, Cold Damn Truth and Hemoglobin are simply dazzling. Christian can sing with a beautiful high register which is especially potent when dropping to the chorus and Cold Damn Truth. Wonder why this song is not currently on some college of alternative chart? The last track Hot and Lonely sums up the diversity of this record. Rhythms and sounds pulled from Africa to Polynesia in a Very Special Recordings kind of way.
Released on VSR on September 14th in cassette from. There is also green vinyl and compact disc available from He Arrived By Helicopter's website. If you are checking this out be sure to look at upcoming shows in Switzerland, Germany and finally New York.
Links
Very Special Recordings - facebook - bandcamp
He Arrived By Helicopter site - facebook
The Shiny Hostel is a difficult diamond to describe. Too many cuts creating a myriad of facets, all polished and beaming sonic splendor. The best place to begin is probably the guitar playing tracks. There a quite a few of these gem stationed throughout the twelve tracks. All with different sensibilities and flares. Think of deeply felt string vibrations of Michael Hedges, but sometimes the more traditional connections of Glenn Jones and Jack Rose. The two stand out vocal tracks, Cold Damn Truth and Hemoglobin are simply dazzling. Christian can sing with a beautiful high register which is especially potent when dropping to the chorus and Cold Damn Truth. Wonder why this song is not currently on some college of alternative chart? The last track Hot and Lonely sums up the diversity of this record. Rhythms and sounds pulled from Africa to Polynesia in a Very Special Recordings kind of way.
Released on VSR on September 14th in cassette from. There is also green vinyl and compact disc available from He Arrived By Helicopter's website. If you are checking this out be sure to look at upcoming shows in Switzerland, Germany and finally New York.
Links
Very Special Recordings - facebook - bandcamp
He Arrived By Helicopter site - facebook
