The View From a Hill, by The Owl Service

The View From a Hill

by The Owl Service

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1.	Polly on the Shore 01:28
2.	The Banks of the Nile (free) 05:40	download
3.	Ladies, Don't Go a-Thieving 03:02
4.	I Was a Young Man 03:07
5.	Sorry the Day I Was Married 01:11
6.	Willie O'Winsbury 05:52
7.	In Thorneymoor Woods pt.1 01:28
8.	The Bold Poachers 05:37
9.	In Thorneymoor Woods pt.2 01:00
10.	The Lover's Ghost 03:41
11.	The Ladies Go Dancing at Whitsun 02:46
12.	Willie O'Winsbury (Reprise) 01:45
13.	The Loyal Lover 03:37
14.	Within Sound 01:00
15.	Cruel Mother 05:42

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The View From a Hill is the second full-length release from The Owl Service. Steven Collins began work on TVFAH as soon as he'd completed the first Owl Service record in June 2007, and recording continued until February 2010. Several other projects were recorded alongside TVFAH, and in fact the band signed to, and subsequently left, UK independent stalwarts Southern Records during the album's realisation. Collins was determined to move away from the 'psych folk' sound of the first record, the whole sound and movement becoming hackneyed in his eyes. Instead, he planned to create a different kind of modern folk record which would appeal to hardcore folk fans and lovers of alternative, minimal rock music alike.

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released May 1, 2010

Recorded & mixed by Steven Collins between June 2007 and February 2010

Additional players;
Jo Lepine - vocals (tracks 2, 8, 13, 14 & 15)
Diana Collier - vocals (tracks 3, 6, 7, 11 & 14)
Dom Cooper - vocals (track 4)
Jason Steel - vocals (track 4) & acoustic guitar
Nancy Wallace - vocals (tracks 5, 6, 9 & 14) & concertina
Katie English - flute

Naomy Browton - cello
Adam Leonard - vocals (tracks 3, 6, 9, 14 & 15)
Alison O'Donnell - vocals (track 10)
Magnus Dearness - tuba & trombone
Joolie Wood - violin & oboe

Mastered by Mark Rutherford

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The Owl Service Leigh On Sea, UK

Essex-based alternative folk collective, currently on indefinite hiatus.

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