Standing at the Sky’s Edge

Rock · 2012 · 9 tracks · 50m

Standing at the Sky’s Edge

A ferocious pivot into psychedelic fuzz and heavy reverb. Hawley trades his velvet croon for a wall of electric guitar noise and urban grit.

It's like Richard Hawley decided to join a psych-rock band and cranked every amp in the room to ten.

A fierce, electric storm of psychedelic energy that feels both grounded in the city and lost in the cosmos.

Standing at the Sky’s Edge · vs · Richard Hawley

Intense+4.0σ

Intense saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 9 Tracks · 50m

01

She Brings the Sunlight

7:24

02

Standing at the Sky’s Edge

6:39

03

Time Will Bring You Winter

5:27

04

Down in the Woods

5:24

05

Seek It

5:11

06

Don’t Stare at the Sun

5:49

07

The Wood Collier's Grave

3:08

08

Leave Your Body Behind You

5:22

09

Before

6:13

Moments Worth Waiting For

The explosive transition from the gentle opening drone into the massive fuzz-guitar riff of track 1

The relentless, driving motorik beat that carries the title track into a swirling psychedelic climax

The way the guitar feedback on Leave Your Body Behind You mimics a siren call over the heavy bass groove

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