O.F. II, by O.F.

O.F. II

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Shaun Rutherford Grand. I can't believe I've sat on O.F. for so long. Favorite track: W.B. in Reverse.

JC Great writing. Great production. Great to hear that (Manx) voice again. Great record.

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1.	Negative Panic 03:54	buy track
2.	W.B. in Reverse 04:11	buy track
3.	Hi-C 02:39	buy track
4.	Hybrid Children 03:18	buy track
5.	Radical Chapters 02:20	buy track
6.	Taurig Bridge 00:57	buy track
7.	Taurig 04:27	buy track
8.	Blood Circus 04:16	buy track
9.	Elements 05:09	buy track
10.	Hybrid Tonal 03:16	buy track
11.	Gods Are Broken 03:01	buy track

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Recorded and mixed in Hillsborough, NC
Additional recording and mixing with Jerry Kee at Duck Kee Studio, Mebane, NC
Mastered by Carl Saff at Saff Mastering
Album art by Anya Kim -- www.anya.kim

All songs by Open Field © 2017, Miscellaneous Metal (ASCAP)

Arcos Records
AR005

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released September 29, 2017

Kenneth Stephenson
Chris Girard
Lee Waters

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Eric Haugen, pedal steel

With very little accompanying hype, Kenneth Stephenson (formerly of the underrated NC band The Kingsbury Manx) has been releasing music on Bandcamp under the Open Field moniker for a few years now. But these fully realized, downright masterful records deserve a lot more hype! Dive into O.F. II, a marvelous collection that pairs pastoral psychedelia (sometimes recalling the folkier side of pre-Dark Side Pink Floyd) with pleasingly skewed Americana. The “Ghost Riders in the Sky” gallop of “W.B. In Reverse” is a perfect example of the approach, with Stephenson’s hushed vocals floating into a wordless Morricone-esque chorus over Eric Haugen’s gorgeous pedal steel accents. Things get weird, too; check out the woozy “Hybrid Children,” with its Vocoder vocals and bursts of spiky Television-esque guitar. Best of all is the lonesome chug of “Blood Circus,” a number that feels both warmly nostalgic and slightly ominous, filled with those lost moments that drift in and out of our memories. The echo of days has rarely sounded this good.

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O.F. North Carolina

Members of The Kingsbury Manx, Work Clothes, Ama Divers, Evening Pines & Transportation.

Kenneth Stephenson
Chris Girard
Lee Waters
Ben Dunlap
Paul Finn

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