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Kim Doo Soo
The Evening River
Blackest Rainbow Recordings BRR-215
2xLP
£19.99
Deluxe double LP gatefold edition of this beautiful, fragile acid-folk album that originally came out on PSF: studio album from Korean folk spirit Kim Doo Soo. Soo's previous LP/CD on PSF broke a lot of hearts and his subsequent inclusion on Damon & Naomi's International Sad Hits helped to raise his profile while contextualising him alongside PSF stalwarts like Kazuki Tomokawa and Kan Mikami. Soo's guitar playing has something of Nick Drake's easy flowing style and his vocals are extremely fragile, a wraithlike voice somewhere between Tim Hardin, Pip Proud and Ed Askew. He channels timeless melodies - echoes of traditional folk and loner psych styles, Leonard Cohen-esque downer ballads - into ornate arrangements that bolster the acoustic guitar and vocals with Dylan-esque harmonica, cello, keyboards, bass and horn. Edition of 500 copies on 140g vinyl.
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