{"product_id":"the-bevis-frond-horrorful-heights","title":"The Bevis Frond - Horrorful Heights","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eA late-period peak - melodic psych, sprawling guitars, and some of Saloman’s sharpest songs in years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHorrorful Heights marks a formidable new chapter in The Bevis Frond’s deep and storied catalogue, showcasing the enduring creativity of songwriter, guitarist and frontman Nick Saloman as he moves into yet another decade of recording. Long established as one of the most distinctive voices in British underground rock, Saloman continues to refine the band’s signature blend of melodic psychedelia, wiry guitar epics and sharp, emotionally attuned songwriting. Horrorful Heights offers one of the most approachable entry points to the band’s world in years: a record that gathers their core strengths into a cohesive, vivid set. Recorded with long-time drummer Dave Pearce and guitarist Paul Simmons, alongside new bassist Louis Wiggett, the album moves fluidly between jangling psych-pop, heavy-lit guitar workouts and pastoral comedown reveries. Wiggett also brings a surprising new colour to the Frond palette, contributing pedal steel to “Best Laid Plans” and “Momma Bear,” recalling early-70s country-tinged British rock from Bronco or Cochise. The album’s range is wide but sharply defined. “Draining The Bad Blood” channels the classic Bevis Frond mode of melodic guitar pop—cut from the same\u003cbr\u003ecloth as longtime fan favourites later covered by Teenage Fanclub and The Lemonheads. “Space Age Eyes,” a concise nine-minute odyssey, nods toward the transcendental explorations of ’70s electric Miles Davis, complete with a blistering solo from Simmons and rhythmic elasticity from Pearce. The sitar-laden title track, written off-the-cuff while Saloman half-watched a football match, drifts through incense-hazed psychedelia with layered vocals and tumbling tablas—an affectionate echo of the head-shop mysticism he has toyed with throughout the band’s history. Elsewhere, “Mossback’s Dream” splices\u003cbr\u003elysergic leads with the propulsive energy of ’80s American hardcore, forging a hybrid that feels both timeless and entirely its own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAdditional highlights include the Byrds-tinged “Buffaloed,” the swirling narrative freeze-frame of “Silver Insects,” and “That’s Your Lot,” a rapid-moving burst of melancholic euphoria and one of the record’s most immediate songs. Though unmistakably eclectic, Horrorful Heights presents a focused portrait of The Bevis Frond in 2025 - vital, tuneful and unburdened by nostalgia. Saloman describes the collection simply: the best songs he’d written in recent years, arriving unforced and instinctive. The result is a late-period peak from one of Britain’s most quietly influential underground bands.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTracklisting\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA1 A Mess of Stress\u003cbr\u003eA2 Best Laid Plans\u003cbr\u003eA3 Square House\u003cbr\u003eA4 Quietly\u003cbr\u003eA5 Space Age Eyes\u003cbr\u003eB1 Naked Air\u003cbr\u003eB2 Horrorful Heights\u003cbr\u003eB3 Draining the Bad Blood\u003cbr\u003eB4 A Simple Pursuit\u003cbr\u003eB5 Hiss\u003cbr\u003eC1 Animal Man\u003cbr\u003eC2 Romany Blue\u003cbr\u003eC3 Mossbacks' Dream\u003cbr\u003eC4 Buffaloed\u003cbr\u003eC5 Silver Insects\u003cbr\u003eD1 That's Your Lot\u003cbr\u003eD2 Sink Estate\u003cbr\u003eD3 I'm Gonna Drag You Into My World\u003cbr\u003eD4 Momma Bear\u003cbr\u003eD5 King for a Day\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: vinyl LP.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel\u003c\/strong\u003e: Fire Recordings\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCatalogue Number\u003c\/strong\u003e: FIRELP805\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre\u003c\/strong\u003e: Psychedelic Rock\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition\u003c\/strong\u003e: New\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBarcode\u003c\/strong\u003e: 0809236004734\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/pre-orders\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003eIf unsealed, we ship records with the LP outside the sleeve to avoid seam splits.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"South Records Ltd","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":55471273410936,"sku":null,"price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0342\/2497\/files\/BevisFrond-HorrorfulHeights.jpg?v=1771871539","url":"https:\/\/www.southrecordshop.com\/products\/the-bevis-frond-horrorful-heights","provider":"South Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}