Like an Aspen Leaf: Apricot Vinyl & OBI Strip The Charlatans A3-The Swamp

A3-The Swamp

Phantom Pain

Fahey went beyond technique

Twenty plus years on and 4AD are making all three records available again worldwide

channeled collectively

Like an Aspen Leaf: Apricot Vinyl & OBI Strip The Charlatans A3-The SwampOriginally released in 2002, Like An Aspen Leaf is a breathtaking smoky folk opus spiked with Americana longing. Nuanced with the help of members of Elbow, Voice Of The Seven Woods and Andy Votel, it emanates from a baroque pop netherworld, soundtracked by songs of regret, pinpricked by evocative melodies and sumptuous harmonies, and peppered with plaintive swathes of cello and a suitably meandering piano that lurks behind Janes minor chords. Now