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News: Harvest Rain's "The Evening and Devotion EP" has now been
released. See below for info.
NEWS Update:
You can now purchase Harvest Rain tracks directly online at
the "Discography" page. Thus far Harvest Rain have put up 'A Frost Comes with the Wind" and "Blood Hymns".
The new Harvest Rain CD "The Evening and Devotion EP"
is now available. For US citizens please send 13 US Dollars ( $15 for European orders) in Check/Money Order/well concealed
cash made out to 'Dessie Coates' at :
Harvest Rain c/o Jason Thompkins
219 Jeopardy Lane
Conway, SC 29526
USA
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As is pointed out, Harvest Rain is now represented by true management,
unlike ever before. Therefore, the artist, Jason A Thompkins will actually be compensated for his work - we will see to it.
Further, new releases will be steadily coming out on a more regular basis as Harvest Rain's current line-up records them.
As this site will be updated on a very
regular basis - we would truly like feedback from the fan-base. Drop an email. View the Harvest Rain Myspace page on www.myspace.com/harvestrain13
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News (June 3rd 2007)
Two new reviews of "Blood Hymns"
can be found below.
- A special thanks to "Isis" and Heathen Harvest for this
very detailed and poetic review.
...Naked acoustic guitars open the first notes of ‘Pillars of
Ice’ with some very traditional dark folk notes. It is not but one minute into the song that suddenly the percussion
breaks into the song, giving it a delightful dark wave feeling and summing up the sound of most of the records. Some epic,
anthem sounds, many sweet and repetitive melodies over songs that easily cross over from folk into dark wave with a suave
skip. ‘Most Northerly Midnight’ open rich with sounds, flowing frequencies in the background, a just-there bass
line that manages to seep through all the other sounds, noisy overpowering clean guitar notes and the reciting of Jason Alfred’s
voice. The music wraps the voice, finally taking over and giving place to some haunting and delicate choruses. ‘The
Glowing child’ keeps up the surrounding atmosphere and gives it even more strength. The sound is cruder, approaching
a willowy martial spirit and doesn’t renounce to having a powerful chorus. ‘Helm of awe’ combines a rock
spirit with counterpoints, syncope and distortions. It has a very progressive sound that spreads out with the words, backed
by momentary drums.
With ‘My Butterfly’ Harvest Rain returns to a more traditional
neofolk sound with dual voices over a repetitive melody line with a bass line skeleton and guitar notes body. The tune is
easy and catchy uniting a sober spirit with a pop face. It closes with a poetical sampler in Spanish titled ‘Hymn to
the Morning Star’, as a whisper coming from the past. Following close behind is ‘Thuletide’, walking trustingly
into that place between folk, dark wave and dark rock, with an excellent melody, covered by screeching violent synths, repetitive
percussion, a sort of deathrock crudity, bringing the beginning of some 80s post punk bands to mind. ‘A Gift of blood’
is back to basics: a heavy guitar line, bellicose percussion, oppressive sounds topped with beautiful melancholic synth line
that keeps the tune fragile and imaginary. ‘Will-o-the-wisp’ unites the folk side with a further pop attitude
immersed in counterpoints and guitar lines. ’Frozen lights’ plunges into a haunting gelid soundscapes pierced
by crystalline melodies. As counterpoint ‘The pulling lights’ again offers a dark wave ambient melody...........
A review in Italian can be found at : http://www.neo-folk.it/recensioni/recensioni.htm
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