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Vinyl records London are pleased to introduce this Orange Vinyl Clear Vinyl Vinyl Records Orange Vinyl by Gengahr. Gengahr celebrate 10 years from the release of their debut album A Dream Outside with a reissue pressed on transparent orange vinyl as part of Transgressives 20th anniversary celebrationsOn the surface, the hazy indie that this North London fourpiece command seems a million miles from anything that might prompt sleepless nights, but its the slowly creeping scares that leave the deepest impression. Through their smog and psych, frontman Felix Bushes lyricism draws upon the darkest corners of both the supernatural and the more grounded. Breakthrough track Fill My Gums With Blood, for ex&le, is a tale of a little boy v&ire who falls for a girl whilst Powders instrumentation melts around a wistful pondering on death.The fantastical side of the world is more exciting to me than the mundane, Bushe explains. He cites early exposure to Lou Reed and David Bowie and their respective constructions of alternate worlds within their lyrics as a huge turning point that was the point that I realised there was more than just writing about smoking cigarettes and drinking beers, he smiles. David Lynch and Terry Gilliam are also confessed as influences on the bands cinematic take on indie pop.Those musical backdrops are building a legacy of their own too, with guitarist John Victor already being framed alongside greats of the instrument like Jonny Greenwood and Graham Coxon. Indeed, it was John who solidified these schoolfriends ambitions with his effortless, virtuoso guitar work, though it was perhaps more accidental a pairing than it might seem. John studied jazz bass at university, and only met the rest of the band when playing bass in function bands his guitar technique is entirely selftaught. With NME declaring his onstage physique octopuslike, theres clearly something of that aforementioned otherworldliness seeping into the members themselves, as well as their effortless talents.
