The High Llamas - Here Come The Rattling TreesMelodiously receptive ears rejoice! The High Llamas, the best in the game at warmly wonderous pop song, arrangement and harmony, return with a new album! With witty, artful musical strokes, Sean and the High Llamas have crafted deft musical sketches with the signature 'Llamas' sound that has evolved over ten album releases since 1992. A colourful array of electric, acoustic, and synthetic instruments, alongside Sean O'Hagan's gentled vocals, are

they have recorded and will now tour together under the banner of the Rebel Content Tour

etc) vocalist Robert Lloyd and recorded a bunch of albums and 45s in the 1980s - as well as playing shows throughout Europe as headliners and supporting acts as diverse asåÊBo Diddley and Nico - but stopped working when Lloyd decided to combine aåÊ'solo career' with money earning manual labour

predatory guitar riffs that primitive magnetic tape can handle

But despite its idiosyncratic brilliance and long-lasting influence (Belle & Sebastian and Kalima are but two groups who owe it an enormous debt)

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to be released 9th June on Third Man Records/XL Recordings

Hard to Explain

it grabs you by the collar and gets you up to dance but it packs a mature punch

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