Shindig February

London-based folk-psych-country band The Hanging Stars return with their eclectic third studio album, A New Kind Of Sky, due out on 21 February 2019. Carrying on their exploration of transatlantic psychedelic folk and cosmic country, the new album blends twelve-string, harmony-laden lullabies with soft rock anthems to create a guilded box of bucolic folk-rock. As well as the band’s signature wistful pastoral escapism, there are lyrical concerns about the recent past; the systematic division of people, values, facts and humanity in The West in general - and the UK in particular. The band weave the same thread they have always woven but this time with a more unified vision, creating a kaleidoscopic poncho for these times.

After releasing the well received 'Half Sentences' in 2017 (**** Thomas Patterson, Shindig / No 5, Top 25 Albums Of 2017 Jeff Fitzgerald, Psychedelic Waves.com / 'Brilliant, sumptuous & satisfying', Danny Baker) and having their version of John Martyn's 'Dusty' feature on the Fruits De Mer release 'The Three Seasons' (alongside The Pretty Things, The Yardbirds & The Electric Prunes) The Green Ray began recording 'Five Points of Light' in February 2018.