The Hanging Stars play Liverpool Psych Fest, support Teenage Fanclub and reveal single "She Never Sleeps"

Play Liverpool International Festival of Psychedelia

and support Teenage Fanclub in London

Release radio single “She Never Sleeps” on 3 June 2016

Taken from their debut album Over the Silvery Lake – out now!

First vinyl pressing SOLD OUT – Repress available NOW!

Listen to “She Never Sleeps” here (feel free to share!)

Live Dates:

June 9th – Brighton, The Verdict
June 10th – London, The Finsbury
July 17th – London, Walthamstow Garden Party
September 5th – London, Islington Assembly Hall w/ Teenage Fanclub
September 10th – Shrewsbury, Whiteman Theatre
September 16th – London, Stow Festival at The Rose & Crown
September 23rd – Liverpool, Liverpool International Festival Of Psychedelia

Following the release of The Hanging Stars‘ critically acclaimed debut album Over the Silvery Lake, out now via The Great Pop Supplement and Crimson Crow, the band announce that they will be performing at Liverpool International Festival of Psychedelia on September 23 and they’ll be supporting Teenage Fanclub at their sold-out Islington Assembly Hall show in London on 5 September. They also appear in the Paisley Overground compilation due out on At The Helm Records and will be playing the record release show at The Finsbury in London on 10 June, as well as playing various local Walthamstow events over the summer.

“She Never Sleeps” is the new single to be taken from Over the Silvery Lake. Due to popular demand, the vinyl LP is being repressed after the first batch sold out almost immediately.

Blending folk pastoralism with swampy 60s Americana, The Hanging Stars sound like the missing link between the California desert sun and the grey skies of London Town. The album was recorded between LA, Nashville and Walthamstow, with each of these vastly different places leaving an indelible mark on the songs.

The band explain more about the track “She Never Sleeps”: “There is something of the saloon bar brawl about the instrumentation, with the piano giving a New Orleans flavour to the composition. Fitting, as the lyrics refer to a rather raucous night out in LA, and to one raucous individual in particular.”

The Hanging Stars are essentially a loose collective of people who weave together a blissed-out psychedelic tapestry. The core band is made up of songwriter, singer and guitarist Richard Olson (The See See, Eighteenth Day of May), Sam Ferman on bass and Paulie Cobra on drums, also featuring Horse (Dan Michelson and the Coastguards) on pedal steel, Patrick Ralla (The Alan Tyler Show) on banjo, guitar and assorted instruments and Phil Anderson on Keyboards. They jam rather than write and hang out rather than rehearse, harnessing a kind of tipsy euphoria resplendent with luscious arrangements and glorious vocal harmonies.

The Hanging Stars place themselves firmly as part of a long folk tradition encompassing European and North American influences – as a continuation rather than a pastiche of these styles. This is the sound of a band really coming in to their own, fully formed and in no doubt of their vision. With Over the Silvery Lake they succeed in producing a record, which has the country, blues and folk traditions at its heart. And what a big heart it is. Embrace it.

Praise for Over the Silvery Lake:

“An album with enough of a hazy, sun-dappled charm to make the capital’s dreariest weather bearable.” The Times 4*s

“A promising debut from London’s The Hanging Stars, who switch deftly between deliciously sentimental Americana and swaggering psychedelia.” Uncut
“Bushy-tailed debut.” Q
“A truly beautiful record.” Louder than War

“a hazy, desert-dream of a song, nicely sharpened with steely-eyed guitars, Mersey-laced harmonies and just a whiff of the Gun Club.” – Guardian

“Swampy psychedelia that recalls the Medway Delta as much as the Mississippi, the band’s new single neatly conjoins these influences.” – Clash

“Smoothes its way through, spreading its charm with consummate ease and totally capturing a sense of place and time.” Record Collector
“Songwriter Richard Olson knows how to take modern folksy skiffle, melancholy balladry and swampy pop and lets his band knit it something new but somehow classic.” Shindig 4*s