Wurld Series - The Giant's Lawn (Vinyl)
There’s always been a fantastical bent to Wurld Series’ unspooling jaunts - 2021’s What’s Growing threw a little Canterbury scene in with the Christchurch sound - but The Giant’s Lawn goes deeper down the rabbit warren; a boy named frog dreams of escape, established trees are recognised for their contributions to humanity… “Rearing Wesley” marries schoolboy imagery with golden flushes of Richard Thompson inspired fretwork. “A Private Life” plays like a field recording of the morning after the carnival - cats yeowl, empty tents billow, gaudy excess sours in the clear light.
British psych-folk lends gentle, omnipresent guidance throughout, but early influences still hit; “Resplendent Fortress”, “Lord of Shelves” and “Illustrious Plates” bounce and buckle like Flying Nun faves 3D’s.
So it’s not that Wurld Series have turfed the wooly tube-fuzz of the sonic South, they’ve simply dragged their amplifiers from the pavement to the creek bed, where the air’s lighter and there’s room to spread out. - Matt Hellreigel
Tracklist:
The Giant’s Lawn Part I
Queen’s Poisoner
Rearing Wesley
Friend to Man and Traffic
Receiver
Lord of Shelves
World of Perverts
The Pugilist
The Giant’s Lawn Part Ii
A Private Life
Alive With Flies
Illustrious Plates
Resplendent Fortress
Not the Muscle of the Heart
A Fanciful Assault Vehicle
Soft Ranks
The Cloven Stone
There’s always been a fantastical bent to Wurld Series’ unspooling jaunts - 2021’s What’s Growing threw a little Canterbury scene in with the Christchurch sound - but The Giant’s Lawn goes deeper down the rabbit warren; a boy named frog dreams of escape, established trees are recognised for their contributions to humanity… “Rearing Wesley” marries schoolboy imagery with golden flushes of Richard Thompson inspired fretwork. “A Private Life” plays like a field recording of the morning after the carnival - cats yeowl, empty tents billow, gaudy excess sours in the clear light.
British psych-folk lends gentle, omnipresent guidance throughout, but early influences still hit; “Resplendent Fortress”, “Lord of Shelves” and “Illustrious Plates” bounce and buckle like Flying Nun faves 3D’s.
So it’s not that Wurld Series have turfed the wooly tube-fuzz of the sonic South, they’ve simply dragged their amplifiers from the pavement to the creek bed, where the air’s lighter and there’s room to spread out. - Matt Hellreigel
Tracklist:
The Giant’s Lawn Part I
Queen’s Poisoner
Rearing Wesley
Friend to Man and Traffic
Receiver
Lord of Shelves
World of Perverts
The Pugilist
The Giant’s Lawn Part Ii
A Private Life
Alive With Flies
Illustrious Plates
Resplendent Fortress
Not the Muscle of the Heart
A Fanciful Assault Vehicle
Soft Ranks
The Cloven Stone
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