Howlin Rain - Under The Wheels: Live From The Coasts Vol. 1 - VINYL LP

Vinyl LP pressing. As part of Anthology Recordings' Surf Archive series, they celebrate the soundtracks to Andrew Kidman's classic 1996 film Litmus alongside his 2006 follow up Glass Love. By the early '90s, surfing was on an upswing in popularity as professional surfers became marketable athletes. The three-fin, high performance, InchthrusterInch shortboard was the tool of choice, lending to a fast-paced slashing style and ultimately a more aggressive Inchsurf and destroyInch movement in board culture. Kidman released his second film, Glass Love, ten years later. As with Litmus, the music came first; Kidman felt his songwriting was ready to take on a new life. Thanks in part to Litmus, experimentation in board design progressed as surfers became more contemplative, questioning, 'is surfing art or sport?' Glass Love and it's soundtrack highlights this mindset and time period, creating an extra dimension to surfing that is still prevalent today.

Presenting Howlin Rain's grand-scale new studio album The Dharma Wheel, a six-track, 52-minute dive into a joyous fantasy realm. A sonic travelogue of prog funk, psychedelia, bygone West Coast jam music and watermelon rock. The triumph of a working band!

Will Sheff follows-up his critically acclaimed 2016 album Away with In The Rainbow Rain. Recorded on the heels of a world tour, the band entered the studio energized, recording live, and in the process creating a massive sounding Okkervil River record. Sheff says InchI had intended the new songs to continue in the exact sonic vein of Away, but almost immediately they started to diverge... The sound was more electric and playful - it was a happy sound, because I was happier than I'd been in years.Inch