Hollow Hand - Before Tomorrow (Names Records)

 

Title: Before Tomorrow

Artist: Hollow Hand

Label: Names Records

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Genre: Balearic Anthem

1: Before Tomorrow (Richard Norris’ Avalon Remix)

2: Before Tomorrow (Richard Norris’ Avalon Remix Instrumental)

3: Before Tomorrow (Richard Norris’ Avalon Remix Radio Edit)

“Hollow Hand is the psych-folk project of Max Kinghorn-Mills, based in Brighton.” I got that from Discogs. Why? Because this is the first time I have come across such music. That’s right, I’ve got my finger on the psychedelic folk-rock pulse me. Anyway, what to say about this composition? How much of it is the band and how much is it Richard Norris, and does it really matter? No, it doesn’t is the obvious answer. What does matter is that this track is heard by a larger audience. Elegant in its simplicity, panoramic at worst, galactic at best. It’s got a flute accompanying the guitar which immediately elevates it into the quintessential rural setting in your mind’s eye. Great vocals that take you back to wherever you where when you first heard them, because you have, just not quite like this. The pace is picked up and honed to a fine line of something between nostalgia and longing. It’s hippy music Jim, but not as we know it. Lovely stuff.