An Cnoc Mór, by Moundabout

An Cnoc Mór

by Moundabout

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PannionSeer Like an alternative soundtrack to Ben Wheatley's "A Field in England," this record oozes a rural psychedelia made for wandering open fields at dusk. Doomier than Six Organs of Admittance and more pastoral than Bardo Pond, this has a vibe all its own. Favorite track: Sacred & Profane.

christopherogley round 2 of Gnod lynchpin Mr p shines other band ....I loved the first lp and is still a heavy go to album...this second LP has more of a desert blues sound ,also drone through distortion I presume through the electric guitar ..it works ..this is a magical pagan fantasia of imagination..kudos f the concept .and such a wonderful delivery of it it's amazing ..I know it will grow on me too...what joy.. Favorite track: Instinct, Eye and Mind.

Ryan Wade Nothing left to dig but the space craft you just made powering forever
Favorite track: Instinct, Eye and Mind.

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1.	The Hills Hum Hymns 08:38	buy track
2.	Step In Out of That 04:04	buy track
3.	Sacred & Profane 07:59	buy track
4.	Living to Give 06:46	buy track
5.	Instinct, Eye and Mind 08:35	buy track
6.	The Torrent 03:50	buy track

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Moundabout’s glorious second long player is named after Cnoc Mór
na nGaibhlte (or The Big Hill Of The Galtees) an imposing sandstone and shale peak in Munster, from which vantage point the horizon retreats to impossible-seeming distances. Paddy Shine, of psychedelic powerhouse GNOD, and Phil Masterson, of cult groups Los Langeros, Damp Howl and Bisect, chose this as base camp for their latest expedition into a new form of psychedelic Irish folk music.

Getting lost in liminal zones, at thresholds, where boundaries merge is key to the Moundabout sound. The Galtees is an Irish mountain range where the counties Tipperary, Cork and Limerick amalgamate, Shine adds: “We seem to have found ourselves recording and finishing
albums in places where the boundaries have become blurry.”

The set up of Shine on acoustic guitar, Masterson on electric guitar,
both on vocals and sparse electronic accompaniment from antique Hammond drum machine Shine found in his auntie’s attic and old
analogue synth, plus field recordings, remains the same as their
debut but this time the pair push further out on tracks such as
‘Step In Out Of That’ which calls to mind Egypt-based free psych trio
The Dwarfs Of East Agouza and reaches its apogee on the glorious, sunburst of New Weird Éirana ‘Instinct, Eye And Mind’ which treads in the footsteps of Michael Chapman at his most ragged and echoes
the borderless fourth world guitar peregrinations of Mike Cooper.

If the voyage that Flowers Rot took us on was one out of modernity into a vibrant megalithic antiquity, it feels like An Cnoc Mór is taking us even further back. Masterson says: “These hills were hills long before homo sapiens set foot on them, gave them names and stories and insulted them with egotistic concepts such as ‘conquering them’.” The pair agree that getting out into the environment is an essential ingredient in the Moundabout process.

Moundabout has always been about getting out in the surroundings, hiking, swimming, chatting and experimenting with certain substances. An Cnoc Mór was recorded with all those influences… just minus the substances.” Sun, snow, hail and wind, there was no choice but just to be out in it & be inspired.

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