Rock´n´Reel (R2) Magazine UK ****
"...an exquisite helping of prime "British" (even on the tracks with portuguese lyrics) acid-folk. Melancholy, haunting, fragile...Delicately picked guitars and subtle percussion slip and spin through a lava-lamp of organ and dreamy electronica, while the male/female vocal interplay weaves a tapestry of wistful romanticism...Magical"
The Big Takeover Magazine US
"...This is easily one of the best psych folk albums I have heard in years. It isn’t often that I get this excited about a band, one that breaks new ground in what can be a worn out genre..."
Goldmine Magazine
"Second album time for Lisbon’s Junkyards, and if you remember any of the many lovely things that were said about their debut, rest assured that The Beast is even lovelier.
Melodies are never painted in less than the sharpest relief, no matter what is going on in the background (and there’s a lot); vocals drift and dance, sometimes in duet, sometimes in isolation… moments might remind you of the Incredible String Band, lifted out of their time stream at the very peak of their peculiarities, and deposited in a field outside Lisbon, with instructions that no song should ever outstay its welcome.
And so it is throughout an album whose every moment is in some ways miraculous, an alternate vision not simply of all that can be accomplished with the instruments at the band’s disposal, but with a vision so far removed from commonplace descriptions that… yeah, maybe “cosmic folk” fits the bill after all."
On his latest LP, Buffalo, NY artist Jeff Stadelman creates rippling electronic compositions that crackle and weave. Bandcamp New & Notable Jun 27, 2021
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This is very close to what I heard/felt everytime we visited the grandparents in Runcorn.
Ominous dread. Bleak dystopia. Concrete and terraced houses. Plus the air smells! MonkeyMajiks