Thistletown (band)

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Thistletown were a British psychedelic folk band from Falmouth, Cornwall, England.

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History

They came to public attention through a The Guardian column by Will Hodgkinson, concerning his year-long project to start a record label, after he saw them playing in The Jacobs Ladder pub in Falmouth. The band lived together on a boat, and formed due to a collective love of obscure 1970s folk bands such as Heron and Trees. [1] They recorded an album, Rosemarie, named after their boat, in the garden of a Cornish cottage with Circulus main man, Michael Tyack, and Benet Walsh producing. [2] The album was well received by the press, receiving four stars from The Times , [3] along with Mojo magazine, Record Collector and others.

The band played at Green Man Festival in 2007, and Radio 1 DJ Rob Da Bank afterward declared them the "Kings and Queens of the Green Man", announcing, "They're so folky it hurts". [4]

The group disbanded in 2008. [5] They briefly reformed in 2010.[ citation needed ]

Discography

Band members until 2008

References

  1. ↑ "'We blossom in sunshine'". The Guardian . 8 June 2007. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  2. ↑ "Will Hodgkinson takes his folk troupe to record in the great outdoors". The Guardian . 9 August 2007. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  3. ↑ "Thistletown: Rosemarie review | CD reviews". The Times . Archived from the original on 8 July 2008. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  4. ↑ "Will Hodgkinson on his fledgling label, Big Bertha Records". The Guardian . 7 September 2007. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  5. ↑ Hodgkinson, Will (17 July 2008). "It's all gone a bit Fleetwood Mac ... Will Hodgkinson checks up on the artists he championed". The Guardian . Retrieved 25 June 2020.
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