Novella - LandNovella's formation was the result of an instant spark guitarist Hollie Warren, guitarist Sophy Hollington, and bassist Suki Sou met through mutual friends in Brighton in 2010, where they quickly realized that they shared a common love for 60s counterculture and bands like Black Sabbath, the Brian Jonestown Massacre, and Pale Saints. The addition of drummer Iain Laws in 2011 and keyboardist Isabel Spurgeon in 2014 solidified the group into a

Baboon Balls & Wobbling Weebles

Gato Barbieri and Leon Thomas

just like all albums by Assassin

" Sen Dog says of the late rap icon

minimal overdubs

like bass player

In a way this is a more physical version of what Hval has been exploring lyrically over the past decade in her solo work

rock a Fall Festival with the Fresh Beats

being written for five-stringed cello (a step towards the six or seven strings of the viol

we can discover these pieces as they sounded at the time of their creation

Performed by the Golden Eagle String Band (who are still performing today)

The album is co-produced by Shaw