Ovals & Emeralds (Limited Green Vinyl): 10" Vinyl Pre-Order Rochdale - November 1979

Rochdale - November 1979

His inspiration came not from ‘pop’ but 20th-century classical music and jazz from the late fifties and sixties (there is a distinct flavour of Miles Davis – ‘In A Silent Way’ here) and is one of the quietest and most intimate records ever made – creating an exceptional atmosphere in which the listener can submerge

André Olbrich (lead guitar

the mother above it all” — Sampa the Great

delivered with Fish’s signature blues rock sound

Ovals & Emeralds (Limited Green Vinyl): 10" Vinyl Pre-Order Rochdale - November 1979Ovals & Emeralds explores particular themes that I found haunting as a child: outdated ornate Victorian design, dolls and clowns, automatons, wind up toys, fairgrounds and circuses. The goal was to evoke these themes through manipulation of my own instrumentation, rather than directly sampling fairground organs etc. Although there are some more playful moments on the EP, the dreamlike qualities often take the form of feverish nightmares, dizzying and