Name: We Shall Never Speak
Brand: HOO

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

BPR026W

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White

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2021-11-19

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

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Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

5056321641298

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Total Cap

1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / white

Artist

Genre GB

Psychedelic

Label GB

Big Potato Records

What or HOO do you get if you mix guitarist Neil Halstead, Farmer Dave of Beechwood Sparks with uncompromising folk angel Jackie Oates, producer-songwriter and organic gardener with a penchant for wah-wah, Nick Holton? The answer is the widescreen, heartbreaking glory of HOO’s second album <i>We Shall Never Speak</i>. A more song filled leap forward from debut Centipede Wisdom's post-rock electro adventures. Holton is a master builder of woozy dynamics, his songs unfurl with a mysterious, hooky logic all their own - this is cinematic and deeply emotive machine music. A glorious hybrid of electro, shoegaze, dubby ‘niceness’ and floating dream pop. The spooked, narcotic throb of opener Ghost In You. The pounding, chewy Kraut/Space rock of Cranium. The Mighty’s exquisite slow build towards Can-like lift-off. The snarly, groovy drive of centrepiece &amp; single Still Dream. A brief flirt with musique concrète on the metronomic No One Can See This. The Halstead co-penned shoegazy, echoey swagger of <i>We Shall Never Speak</i>. The album’s poisoned chalice &amp; peak song moment, Powder Moon. The synthpop of You Changed The Way You Smile. Closer Sea of Glass sounds like Leonard Cohen visiting Kraftwerk’s Klingklang studio. Let that sink in - the idea is perhaps the heart of this venture.The detail and texture is extraordinary. A glorious hybrid of an album that over eight songs builds into something unique. Epic and homegrown. Upbeat and melancholic. Questing and questioning. Haunted by loss but futurefacing. It’s a genuine marvel. Holton’s HOO co-conspirators this time are Neil Halstead, Charlie Holton, Ian McCutcheon, Paul Blewett, Chris Monger and Lee Lavender. Guests include acclaimed folk singer Jackie Oates and West Coat Legend Farmer Dave Scher. 

We Shall Never Speak

Music GB