A wondrous, jingle jangling, Troubadourian wander down leafy lanes of folkish indie music craft, leading the ears to gentler, more philosophical musical meadows, swept with sonic wildflowers, elevating the mind and spirit to the stars, or mesmerised before the sparks of a humble campfire. This star truly deserves to move into the radar of greater musical recognition.
Shades of psychedelia, the Byrds, Fleet Foxes, Tame Impala: their current tunes and back catalogue are an ethereal cornucopia of fractal, timeless harmonies. If you want your musical senses stirred and stimulated with reassuring echoes of the past, ebbing and flowing through these historically unprecedented times, this could be one of those soundtracks accompanying us on our human evolution, on the path to a more certain, soul fulfilled future.
Claire Palmer, International Times
Rusted Rail Records
‘Sings The Passing’ is yet another step forward in the musical evolution of Songs of Green Pheasant. The ongoing musical project of Stockport-based Duncan Sumpner finds the ‘Pheasant inhabiting an ethereal space where foggy dream pop meets kitchen-sink prog.
The CD sleeve features sumptuous surrealist artwork by Sumpner while ‘Sings The Passing’ is accompanied by a download of a collection of previously unreleased works-in-progress called ‘The Passing Outtakes’. The album will be officially released on April 11th – grab your pre-order now!
https://rustedrail.bandcamp.com/album/sings-the-passing
‘Sings The Passing’ will also be reviewed in the forthcoming edition of Uncut magazine – a welcome piece of coverage for this entrancing album.
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Micro-Independent record label based in Galway Ireland. Home to releases by Songs of Green Pheasant, A Lilac Decline. Cubs, The Driftwood Manor, Phantom Dog Beneath The Moon, The Declining Winter, Good Shepherd, Loner Deluxe and many more.discography
Songs of Green Pheasant is the solo project of Duncan Sumpner, a recording artist and school teacher from Heaton Mersey , Stockport, England. Blending acoustic-based songs with electronic effects, Sumpner’s music has been described as “psychedelic folk”with “warm washes of sound”.
https://rustedrail.bandcamp.com “the musical canon is not decided by majority opinion but by enthusiasm and passion, and a work that ten people love passionately is more important than one that ten thousand do not mind hearing”
Albums
- Songs of Green Pheasant (FatCat Records, 2005)
- Aerial Days (FatCat Records, 2006)
- Gyllyng Street (FatCat Records, 2007)
- Soft Wounds (Rusted Rail, 2012)
- Mullock and Moil (Self Released, 2015)
- When the Weather Clears (Rusted Rail, 2020)
