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The Eighteenth Day of May
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Album: The Eighteenth Day of May
# Song Title   Time
1)    Eighteen Days
2)    Sir Casey Jones
3)    Highest Tree, The
4)    Deed I Do
5)    Hide + Seek
6)    Twig Folly Close
7)    Lady Margaret
8)    Cold Early Morning
9)    Monday Morning's No Good Coming Down
10)    Waterman's Song to His Daughter, The
11)    Flowers of the Forest
12)    Mandrake Screams, The
 

Album: The Eighteenth Day of May
# Song Title   Time
1)    Eighteen Days
2)    Sir Casey Jones
3)    Highest Tree, The
4)    Deed I Do
5)    Hide + Seek
6)    Twig Folly Close
7)    Lady Margaret
8)    Cold Early Morning
9)    Monday Morning's No Good Coming Down
10)    Waterman's Song to His Daughter, The
11)    Flowers of the Forest
12)    Mandrake Screams, The
 
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  • The Eighteenth Day of May: Allison Brice, Ben Phillipson, Richard Olsen , Alison Cotton, Karl Sabino, Mark Nicholas.
  • Personnel: Richard Olsen (vocals, guitar, sitar, harmonica); Allison Brice (vocals, dulcimer, flute, harmonium, background vocals); Ben Phillipson (guitar, mandolin, background vocals); Mark Nicholas (guitar, background vocals); Karl Sabino (autoharp, glockenspiel, drums, percussion, background vocals); Alison Cotton (viola); Pete Erchick (Fender Rhodes piano, background vocals); Andy Dragazis (bells); Bill Dross (background vocals).
  • Recording information: Concrete Island.
  • Photographer: Brian Stevens.
  • When it comes to British folk-rock, Fairport Convention's 1969 classic Liege & Lief occupies the same influential trophy case as the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Miles Davis' Kind of Blue, and Nirvana's Nevermind. London folk revivalists Eighteenth Day of May have studied that record well, alternating between male and female lead vocals, bending traditional pieces into pastoral folk-rock hymns and utilizing an arsenal of traditional instruments without ever sacrificing the cool strains of an electric guitar through a vintage amplifier. Like fellow new traditionalists Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, EDM evoke the countryside in all of its sunlight splendor and rainy gloom, peppering their eponymous debut with descending autoharps, bells, dulcimers, and the occasional flute solo, and for the first few songs they sound like clipper ship full of wind. The lush "Eighteen Days," "Sir Casey Jones" with its Volunteers-era Jefferson Airplane harmonies, and the rolling "Highest Tree" are mini road trips set to music, but by the time a plodding cover of Bert Jansch's "Deed I Do" appears, the record begins a slow descent into a midtempo sinkhole filled with lush but forgettable folk-pop. The members of this talented collective have obviously done their homework, and their reverence is admirable, but there is so little danger on this excruciatingly safe debut that it ultimately renders itself invisible. ~ James Christopher Monger
Professional Reviews
Entertainment Weekly (p.80) - "[The bands] beguiling jaunts will nonetheless make you want to book a vacation in the English countryside." -- Grade: B+

Dirty Linen (p.44) - "[I]t's dense, textured and moody, yet has an inner energy that is mostly compelling."
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