{"product_id":"jim-ghedi-wasteland-repress-lp-red-blood-on-your-hands-coloured-vinyl","title":"JIM GHEDI - Wasteland (Repress) - LP - 'Red Blood (On Your Hands)' Coloured Vinyl","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLP - Limited Edition 'Red Blood (On Your Hands)' Coloured Vinyl (2026 Repress). 4 panel card sleeve on reverse board with matte machine finish. Only 300 copies pressed in this edition. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn his new album \u003cem\u003eWasteland\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eJim Ghedi\u003c\/strong\u003e has created something huge. Intense, brooding, bold, at times apocalyptic, and remarkably vast. A profoundly bold sonic statement that is some of the most rich, far-reaching and ambitious work that Ghedi has created to date - pushing the boundaries of what folk music can be in 2025.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eWasteland\u003c\/em\u003e is a record that is unafraid to plunge into the darkness of the modern world and embrace the weirder, edgier and more unnerving moments that come from doing so. It is an album that captures all the enormity of life from the micro to the macro, zooming in on the personal as well reflecting on broader societal issues. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“\u003cem\u003eWasteland\u003c\/em\u003e is about the idea of a place once known or familiar that is now broken down and unrecognisable,” says Ghedi. “It’s about exploring the process of watching someone’s surroundings and environment collapse.” And within that you have a lot going on. “It also explores death, personal loss, grief, mental health and how the natural world provides solace and meaning for that loss and how these worlds blur into one another.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGhedi has always been an artist that in many ways perfectly encompasses folk music in its purest form but he is also someone that frequently pushes the boundaries of that label and no more so is that apparent than on this record. As like previous albums, such as 2018’s \u003cem\u003eA Hymn for Ancient Land\u003c\/em\u003e and 2021’s \u003cem\u003eIn the Furrows of Common Place\u003c\/em\u003e, Ghedi uses traditional folk songs as a means to explore contemporary issues via modern and experimentally-leaning music.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“With the traditional material on this album I wanted to find songs with content that resonated with me,” says Ghedi. “But also that were based roughly around the north of England.” This is a central underlying theme to the album for Ghedi. The feelings of loss, erosion, and degradation are often most pronounced in working class communities and this was something he wanted to weave in. “It was important to voice and choose material that represented or expressed issues that correlated with things going on around me.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHowever, as remarkable as some of the traditional material is, some of the most arresting work on the album is Ghedi’s entirely original compositions. Lead single ‘\u003cem\u003eWasteland\u003c\/em\u003e’ is a stunning piece of work that while rooted in an environment being corrupted and broken – “there’s violence on these hills” Ghedi sorrowfully sings, before claiming this is no longer somewhere that can be called home – it is also a stirringly beautiful composition that soars and glides as it opens up, as sweeping strings swoop and in and out of Ghedi’s twangy electric guitar.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe decision to incorporate more fuller sounds, such as electric guitar and huge drums, results in a notable shift and evolution in tone for Ghedi. “The lyrical content needed something more band-driven and loud to deliver them,” he explains. “Incorporating the electric guitar in my songwriting was also a big part of opening the sound up, using drop tunings pushed me to use my voice in a wider range, which forced me to use falsetto a lot which I haven’t previously done before. That then opened the sound up and gave me creative ideas for bigger arrangements and to sonically really push things.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecorded over 2 years at \u003cstrong\u003eTesla Studios\u003c\/strong\u003e in Sheffield, with \u003cstrong\u003eDavid Glover\u003c\/strong\u003e engineering and producing, it also features a wide cast of musicians such as \u003cstrong\u003eDavid Grubb\u003c\/strong\u003e (fiddle), \u003cstrong\u003eDaniel Bridgwood-Hill\u003c\/strong\u003e (fiddle), \u003cstrong\u003eNeal Heppleston\u003c\/strong\u003e (bass), \u003cstrong\u003eJoe Danks\u003c\/strong\u003e (drums), \u003cstrong\u003eDean Honer\u003c\/strong\u003e from \u003cstrong\u003eI Monster\u003c\/strong\u003e (synths), \u003cstrong\u003eCormac MacDiarmada\u003c\/strong\u003e from \u003cstrong\u003eLankum\u003c\/strong\u003e (vocals), \u003cstrong\u003eRuth Clinton\u003c\/strong\u003e from \u003cstrong\u003eLandless\u003c\/strong\u003e (vocals) and \u003cstrong\u003eAmelia Baker\u003c\/strong\u003e from \u003cstrong\u003eCinder Well\u003c\/strong\u003e (vocals).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat Ghedi has done in creating his masterpiece is construct a remarkable space where deeply intimate and personal feelings coexist with reflections on environment, place and society, while also interweaving historical context via traditional songs. \u003cem\u003eWasteland\u003c\/em\u003e is as much of a world to explore and exist in as much as it is an album, with Ghedi carving out his distinctly unique sonic language and voice to explore that singular environment. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Basin Rock","offers":[{"title":"LP - 'Red Blood (On Your Hands)' Coloured Vinyl","offer_id":57437765534041,"sku":"SDZ-17488","price":30.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3455\/0945\/files\/Jim_Ghedi_-_Wasteland_-_2025.jpg?v=1732622466","url":"https:\/\/spindizzyrecords.com\/products\/jim-ghedi-wasteland-repress-lp-red-blood-on-your-hands-coloured-vinyl","provider":"Spindizzy Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}