{"product_id":"blue-orchids-magpie-heights","title":"BLUE ORCHIDS - Magpie Heights","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\" mce-data-marked=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLP - Standard Edition Black Vinyl.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMartin Bramah\u003c\/strong\u003e, lead guitarist in \u003cstrong\u003eThe Fall\u003c\/strong\u003e, was the final original musician to leave the band and inarguably the most important factor in the band's original sound. What Bramah took with him on departure was a sort of hazy psychedelic vision featured so readily on The Fall's debut, \u003cem\u003eLive At The Witch Trials\u003c\/em\u003e, and continued through his work with \u003cstrong\u003eBlue Orchids\u003c\/strong\u003e, even if that lineage was obscured somewhat by The Fall's popularity and consistent stream of releases. For Bramah, the decades after The Fall were fraught. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter regrouping as Blue Orchids with fellow Fall castaways \u003cstrong\u003eUna Baines\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eRick Goldstraw\u003c\/strong\u003e), initial releases rose to notoriety with two caustic and intense 7\" singles, \u003cem\u003eThe Flood\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eWork\u003c\/em\u003e, along with the more varied collection of songs featured on their debut LP, \u003cem\u003eThe Greatest Hit\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eMoney Mountain\u003c\/em\u003e), which topped the indie charts and remains a touchstone for many artists. Personal issues within the band made progress difficult. The 12\" EP \u003cem\u003eAgents Of Change\u003c\/em\u003e, introduced changes to their sound (in part due to their work with \u003cstrong\u003eNico\u003c\/strong\u003e- yes, that Nico). But after its release, silence followed. Bramah sightings were elusive - a solo on an album by Una's band \u003cstrong\u003eThe Fates\u003c\/strong\u003e, a 12\" single with mesmerising songs performed, oddly, in a sort of reggae style. A short second stint in The Fall. You get the picture. Any semblance of a career only began with a series of archival and new releases starting in 2015: a new studio album, followed by another new album nearly every year thereafter. Each sold better than the last, until this year's debut release by \u003cstrong\u003eHOUSE Of ALL\u003c\/strong\u003e, a 'side project' featuring four other former members of The Fall. It was a hit within days of its announcement, in no small part to its immediacy - recorded in three days - and a healthy dollop of scandal . . . the spectre of retrospective threat to MES's hegemonic rule of The Fall.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEarly 2024 year will see a second new studio album from HOUSE Of ALL, plus a deluxe 2LP \/ 2CD version of Blue Orchids' debut \u003cem\u003eThe Greatest Hit\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eMoney Mountain\u003c\/em\u003e) with dollops of unheard material. And still, \u003cem\u003eMagpie Heights\u003c\/em\u003e is an unexpected addition to Bramah's canon, which will have increased by three brilliant album in under a year. That's more music, in fact, than Bramah released in his first three decades after leaving The Fall. \u003cem\u003eThe Face Of Time\u003c\/em\u003e harkens back to the psych-garage of \u003cem\u003eThe Magical Record\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eOf Blue Orchids\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAs My Vision Cleared\u003c\/em\u003e makes a case for Bramah's unique stylistic sense within the realm of lysergic folk balladry, a kind of dark glam in \u003cem\u003eTableau Vivant\u003c\/em\u003e . . . and seven other wonders. With a line-up now stabilised around Martin Bramah, longtime cohort \u003cstrong\u003eJohn Paul Moran\u003c\/strong\u003e,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eTansy McNally\u003c\/em\u003e (whose painting adorns the cover), \u003cstrong\u003eDeSelby Lewis\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eHoward Jones\u003c\/strong\u003e, the band may be coming to a city near you on the November \/ December 2023 tour. The expanded reissue of \u003cem\u003eThe Greatest Hit\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eMoney Mountain\u003c\/em\u003e) will follow shortly after.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tiny Global Productions","offers":[{"title":"LP - Vinyl","offer_id":47333994037593,"sku":"SDZ-04272","price":9.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3455\/0945\/files\/Blue_Orchids_-_Magpie_Heights_-_2023.jpg?v=1699284932","url":"https:\/\/spindizzyrecords.com\/products\/blue-orchids-magpie-heights","provider":"Spindizzy Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}