Upset The Rhythm
Normil Hawaiians - More Wealth Than Money (White Vinyl)
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Finally
back
on
vinyl,
this
time
a
limited
pressing
of
500
copies
on
180g
white
vinyl,
'More
Wealth
Than
Money'
by
Normil
Hawaiians
quickly
sold-out
upon
its
initial
release
in
2017.
'More
Wealth
Than
Money'
proved
a
vastly
ambitious
debut
album,
sprawling
across
four
sides
of
vinyl
in
a
way
that
still
feels
truly
expansive,
brave,
cinematic
even.
From
the
plaintive
pastoralism
of
'British
Warm'
to
the
transcendental
vistas
of
'Other
Ways
Of
Knowing',
the
album
constantly
surprises
with
its
ringing
trails
of
guitar,
motorik
pulse
and
synth
rambles.
From
the
striving
incursion
of
'Sally
IV'
to
the
softly
spoken
disbelief
of
'Yellow
Rain'
the
album
is
nothing
short
of
a
waking
dream.
Guy
Smith's
vocal
floats
through
the
album
in
a
haunting
manner,
at
times
heartfelt
at
others
overcome.
He's
on
a
quest
to
his
own
celestial
city
and
we
can
stay
for
the
whole
journey
if
we
only
listen.
Described
by
the
press
upon
its
release
in
1982
as
an
"absolutely
mesmerising
double
album
travelling
through
progressive
rock,
via
industrial
folk
to
freaky
art-punk
whilst
sounding
delightfully
coherent"
and
"a
huge
slab
of
mindblowing
dark
psychedelia"
the
album
was
critically
acknowledged
for
its
peculiarly
British
kosmische.
However,
for
an
album
so
indebted
to
the
fertile
soil
from
which
it
sprang,
it's
curious
that
'More
Wealth
Than
Money'
never
came
out
officially
in
the
UK.
The
band's
label
Illuminated
were
temporarily
blacklisted
by
their
distributor
because
of
unpaid
debts
and
so
the
album
was
only
available
from
the
band
at
concerts
within
the
UK.
The
bulk
of
the
record's
sales
went
to
mainland
Europe
on
export.
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