Orange Colour Vinyl

Tracklist:

1. Shyness Of Crowns
2. Unchanged
3. Bleached By The Sun
4. Moon Flowers
5. 220Hz
6. Double Rainbow
7. Milk And Honey
8. Mother Tree
9. Weeping Roses

I wanted to make some albums that felt like a set, exploring love, what lies beyond the visible and how all these aspects dovetail together, explains Dot. I see Consciousology a more psych Heart-Shaped Scars with a far fuller, more immersive sound and so, in that sense, its a more wayward, bolder, rule-breaking partner. Right from the eye-catching artwork by PJ Harvey collaborator Maria Mochnacz it definitely does not play it safe. It veers from the techno-played-as-folk of opener Shyness Of Crowns and 220Hz and the Linda Perhacs-meets-The Velvet Underground chug of the first single Unchanged to the Mercury Rev-style fantasia of Bleached By The Sun, the Brian Wilson-esque harmonies of Moon Flowers and the kaleidoscopic colour trip of Double Rainbow. Elsewhere there are echoes of Desertshore-era Nico, Jack Nitzsches work with Neil Young, Karen Dalton and Anne Briggs before the relative simplicity of the Tim Hardin-inspired closer Weeping Roses. Its a brilliant, breathtaking record.