Rocket Recordings
Moundabout - An Cnoc Mór
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Moundabout’s
glorious
second
long
player
is
named
after
Cnoc
Mór
na
nGaibhlte
(or
The
Big
Hill
Of
The
Galtees)
an
imposing
sandstone
and
shale
peak
in
Munster,
from
which
vantage
point
the
horizon
retreats
to
impossible-seeming
distances.
Paddy
Shine,
of
psychedelic
powerhouse
GNOD,
and
Phil
Masterson,
of
cult
groups
Los
Langeros,
Damp
Howl
and
Bisect,
chose
this
as
base
camp
for
their
latest
expedition
into
a
new
form
of
psychedelic
Irish
folk
music.
Getting
lost
in
liminal
zones,
at
thresholds,
where
boundaries
merge
is
key
to
the
Moundabout
sound.
The
Galtees
is
an
Irish
mountain
range
where
the
counties
Tipperary,
Cork
and
Limerick
amalgamate,
Shine
adds:
“We
seem
to
have
found
ourselves
recording
and
finishing
albums
in
places
where
the
boundaries
have
become
blurry.”
The
set
up
of
Shine
on
acoustic
guitar,
Masterson
on
electric
guitar,
both
on
vocals
and
sparse
electronic
accompaniment
from
antique
Hammond
drum
machine
Shine
found
in
his
auntie’s
attic
and
old
analogue
synth,
plus
field
recordings,
remains
the
same
as
their
debut
but
this
time
the
pair
push
further
out
on
tracks
such
as
‘Step
In
Out
Of
That’
which
calls
to
mind
Egypt-based
free
psych
trio
The
Dwarfs
Of
East
Agouza
and
reaches
its
apogee
on
the
glorious,
sunburst
of
New
Weird
Éirana
‘Instinct,
Eye
And
Mind’
which
treads
in
the
footsteps
of
Michael
Chapman
at
his
most
ragged
and
echoes
the
borderless
fourth
world
guitar
peregrinations
of
Mike
Cooper.
If
the
voyage
that
Flowers
Rot
took
us
on
was
one
out
of
modernity
into
a
vibrant
megalithic
antiquity,
it
feels
like
An
Cnoc
Mór
is
taking
us
even
further
back.
Masterson
says:
“These
hills
were
hills
long
before
homo
sapiens
set
foot
on
them,
gave
them
names
and
stories
and
insulted
them
with
egotistic
concepts
such
as
‘conquering
them’.”
The
pair
agree
that
getting
out
into
the
environment
is
an
essential
ingredient
in
the
Moundabout
process.
Moundabout
has
always
been
about
getting
out
in
the
surroundings,
hiking,
swimming,
chatting
and
experimenting
with
certain
substances.
An
Cnoc
Mór
was
recorded
with
all
those
influences…
just
minus
the
substances.”
Sun,
snow,
hail
and
wind,
there
was
no
choice
but
just
to
be
out
in
it
&
be
inspired.
“Enjoy
Moundabout’s
strange
argot,
let
it
wash
over
you
like
the
tide.”
Album
of
the
Week
/
The
Quietus
“A
deep
sense
of
devotional
wonder.”
Electronic
Sound
“A
musical
contemplation
of
the
megalithic.”
Terrascope
“A
lesson
in
neolithic
ritual
and
otherworldly
transcendence.”
Louder
Than
War
Tracks:
01.
The
Hills
Hum
Hymns
02.
Step
In
Out
Of
That
03.
Sacred
&
Profane
04.
Living
To
Give
05.
Instinct,
Eye
And
Mind
06.
The
Torrent
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