Format: Vinyl 2LP
Label: EM Records
Various – Neon Castle LP
Various
Neon Castle
Tracklist
A1 Judie Tzuke – Shoot From The Heart
A2 Sally Townes – Neon Castles
A3 Suse Millemann – Patterns
A4 Tessa Stivar – Thin Air
A5 Skyway – Romeo
B1 Karen Ghee – Get Free
B2 Amy Levin – Good To You
B3 Rainbow Boogie Band – Once In A Lifetime Touch
B4 Susan Smith – Flight
B5 Susan Smith – Right Before My Eyes
Audio
Description
Ships late October / early November
Neon Castle hones in on a fleeting sub-genre of early to mid-’80s folk-rock. For a brief moment, glistening slide guitar, fretless bass, and satin sounds floating over drum machines intertwined with ethereal female voices, conjuring a sound at once familiar and otherworldly—pop structures laced with strange visions. Some songs sway with the warmth of open ranch-land—originating from the same myths Fleetwood Mac devoted themselves to; others are shrouded with candlelit mysticism, crafted with the very staff Kate Bush might have wielded. Together, these pieces reveal a singular tapestry.
Compiled by Charles Bals—now in his third collaboration with Smiling C—Neon Castle affirms his rare gift for storytelling through sound. Each track unfolds like a scene from an imagined film: castles glowing with noble gas, kingdoms awash in purple haze, white horses roaming free, hair cascading to the waist. The collection sketches a realm both new and ‘upon a time’, a world where fantasy takes shape through music. With Neon Castle, attentive listening becomes narrative.
