Sandstone - Can You Mend a Silver Thread [Import] - [CD]

Digitally remastered edition of this 1971 private pressing from the Folk/Psych band. There is nothing ordinary about Sandstone. This album is so head and shoulders above almost every other album in the genre, it's hard to believe it's not better known. The instrumentation and compositional style are reminiscent of heavy English Folk hitters like Mellow Candle, Pentangle, and Heron. Nearly everyone involved in these recordings was younger than 18, but there's very little evidence of that: The music is well constructed, and no aspect of it is without sophistication well beyond the years of it's creators. The three teens behind this music molded a seamless compound of British trad-folk with themes of American antiquity, from pilgrims' progress to Civil War tragedies to the tainting of their unspoiled valley. Poetic lyrics, haunting female vocals, and judicious use of string sections, all serve Sandstone's entirely original compositions: The result is a dreamy, wistful mood that calls to you across the decades.