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Blue-Eyed Hawk: Under the Moon
by Roger Farbey
"Oyster Trails" opens this fascinating potpourri of new talent with Lauren Kinsella's ethereal vocals at times eerily channelling the late Sandy Denny. The darker Somewhere" is an acid-tripped version of the Arlen and Harburg classic Over the Rainbow" and is frenetic and astoundingly effective with Laura Jurd's scintillating trumpet to the fore. A dawn chorus appropriately accompanies the quieter Aurora 5AM" begging the question, what is this music? Jazz, folk, rock, blues, it's none and all of this and more ...
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by Ian Patterson
London-based quartet Blue-Eyed Hawk's debut recording has benefited from three years of gigging and the slow stewing of ideas. Collectively, singer Lauren Kinsella, trumpeter Laura Jurd, guitarist Alex Roth and drummer Corrie Dick sounds like the finished article, which whets the appetite for future chapters. With writing duties spread evenly, the quartet soars over wide stylistic terrain, from susurrus, folksy balladry and sophisticated pop to psychadelic rock and punkish struts. It all blends wonderfully, like a heady ...
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by Bruce Lindsay
Blue-Eyed Hawk is an exciting new band from the UK, debuting its original songs on Under The Moon. The album title is taken from the poem by W B Yeats: the band's name also comes from that poem. Such choices suggest a literate quartet, a suggestion supported by the intelligent, thoughtful, lyrics and music to be found on this album. Formed by vocalist Lauren Kinsella, trumpeter Laura Jurd, guitarist Alex Roth and multi-instrumentalist Corrie Dick, Blue-Eyed Hawk comes ...
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