The Eastern Swell

The Eastern Swell were a psych-folk outfit, signed to Edinburgh’s Stereogram Recordings. Their debut album &#39;One Day, A Flood&#39; was met with widespread critical acclaim. Described by The Scotsman as “blissful, burnished reveries...a pleasing patchouli oil-scented blend of prog rock, pastoral folk and psych soul”, the album was listed in a number of ‘best of the year’ album reviews. Louder Than War called it “A rather magical album, and definitely one of the finest releases of 2016”. The album was recorded with Pete Harvey from <a href="spotify:artist:2ige11rdVKinc21Zpr5lb8" data-name="Modern Studies">Modern Studies</a> at his Pumpkinfield Studios.


Having supported such bands as <a href="spotify:artist:1Ueg2NZOEdh8qwEfP8b53h" data-name="Trembling Bells">Trembling Bells</a> and been supported by <a href="spotify:artist:4l7vHrzjRMIwvZvl18aNqo" data-name="Lavinia Blackwall">Lavinia Blackwall</a>, the band’s second album ‘Hand Rolled Halo’ was released on 16 November 2018, again to critical acclaim. According to Prog Magazine it has a “deeply pleasing sense of tradition [...] rich in harmonic ideas and pastoral tones”. Penny Black Music described it as “Musically complex and lyrically rewarding” and said “it is a consistently compelling experience from a band who have taken the influences of the past and then done something original and new with it”. Writing in The Scotsman, Fiona Shepherd called it “timeless and seamless”, while Folk Radio UK said that it was “An impressive album, blending the traditional folk of artists like <a href="spotify:artist:1kYd37riIExqdm9g0juqGJ" data-name="Sandy Denny">Sandy Denny</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:1FqG6mhiJbhbMg43ohCT6D" data-name="Bert Jansch">Bert Jansch</a>, and the <a href="spotify:artist:4hw4TPMyAzHqNBcWtoDrK5" data-name="Richard &amp; Linda Thompson">Richard &amp; Linda Thompson</a>, with more contemporary sounds from alt-folk artists like <a href="spotify:artist:7xwppARWdjgnJSKLhbGzFc" data-name="Ryley Walker">Ryley Walker</a>.”