Name: Tones of the Sparrow
Brand: The Asteroid No 4

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

AC3019001

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Colour

blue

Colour details

Blue with Red Splatters

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Discogs ID

Discs

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2022-03-25

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Shellshock

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / blue

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Frosted Clear

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Extended format: Yes

LP++

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1 / Extended format: Yes / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / clear

AC3019001BLK

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black

2022-05-20

5052571099711

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1 / Extended format: Yes / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

AC3019001STARB

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Blue/Red/Clear Starburst

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1 / Extended format: Yes / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / blue

Artist

The Asteroid No 4

Genre GB

Psychedelic

Label GB

Club AC30

Stalwarts of the modern 'psych' scene, California-based psychedelic-rock legends The Asteroid No.4 release new album<i> Tones of the Sparrow</i> via Club AC30. Heavily inspired by the UK shoegaze scene including My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive, Ride and early Verve, the band takes its name from Vesta, the brightest asteroid in our solar system, and a nod to psychedelic space rock band Spacemen 3.

The Asteroid No.4 have never shied away from wearing their influences squarely on their sleeves but with <i>Tones of the Sparrow,</i> the band edge towards the more psychedelic side of the genre. "It's all guitar rock and more specifically, it's all psychedelic rock, and we have a tendency to move around within that. At the end of the day, we just write a batch of songs and depending on where we are in our heads, lives, etc., sometimes they vary greatly and other times there is a much stronger cohesiveness among them."

Elsewhere, there's a dark, intense aesthetic to the melancholic 'Chameleon' while 'Not Your

Enemy' and 'Castle' meld '60s psychedelia and catchy dreampop before the deeply melodic

'Somewhere in the Middle' and ethereal 'Transmission' close an impressive collection of

songs from one of the psych scenes' best loved bands.