Mcphee, Dean
Astral Gold
Dean McPhee's fifth full length album 'Astral Gold' sees the Yorkshire-based electric guitarist's music continue to evolve beyond the spacious folk-inspired fingerpicking that typified his earlier releases into a heavier sound combining deep bass, textured reverbs and waves of saturated delay. 'Astral Gold' brings together several now out-of-print tracks that were originally released on the Reverb Worship and Folklore Tapes labels, along with two brand new pieces - all recorded live in single takes. Throughout this intricately layered and beautifully crafted album (pressed on 180-GRAM VINYL!) McPhee draws on a wide range of influences, ranging from Kosmische Muzik and dub to stoner/doom rock, British folk and underground electronic music, and the result is both intoxicatingly atmospheric and sonically inventive.