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tarantula ad 'book of sand' tarantula ad
book of sand
(kemado)
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Over in trench two, Tony Robinson and his merry band of longhairs are diggin’ the metal classical hybrid forged by a bunch of bonkers US visionaries with a penchant for dressing as Roman soldiers... Yep, this LP is groovy like archaeology, man. Cello-fat opener, The Century Trilogy I: Conquest, Empire’s Iron Man-esque groans and Prelude To The Fall’s gentle melodies cry out for David Lynch to film a loopy biblical epic around this LP. With dramatic soundscapes and grandiose pomp a gogo, Book Of Sand – which also features CocoRosie and Devendra Banhart – occasionally loses the plot, and the listener, but has to be loved for its sheer ambition


Stuart Turnbull 16 February 05 rating of 3 and 1/2
Tarantula AD – Book Of Sand, released 20 February 06 on Kemado.
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