‘End of a Season’ by Jules Smith | “Sun-drenched psychedelic-acid-folk freakout”
Exclusive track premiere of ‘End of a Season’ by London-based multi-instrumentalist Jules Smith, out September 15th via Strong Island Recordings.
Jules Smith is also part of psychedelic-sextet Baby Vanga and has returned with another solo outing, being the acid forest-folk, psych-pop enchantment that is ‘End of a Season’.
Combining the more serene-natured sounds of Babe Rainbow and King Gizzard & The Lizard’s ‘Paper Mâché Balloon Dream’ – along with the post-Pink Floyd acoustic sounds of Syd Barrett and the sunshine-pop of Margo Guryan, ‘End of a Season’ is a glorious benediction from the sun-spirits themselves.
Jules Smith’s minimalist approach to the pastoral flute-laden freakout of psychedelia and acid-folk meets baroque pop feels like a joyous portal trip into a sun-kissed enchanted forest wonderland.
On the whimsical single, Jules Smith explains: “The single was loosely inspired by the time frame in which I recorded it, being the short interim between spring and summer when I decided to record lots of acoustic music on some dusty old equipment.
The lyrics came together in a stream of consciousness type process, where I write the first thing that often comes to me. When writing this single I let myself be influenced by all the visual stimuli around me. It’s very much an objective reply to the gradual change of the season and its subjective effects on me”.
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