Spirit Man, by Order of the Toad

Spirit Man

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	1.	Subterranean 03:21
	2.	Golden Rod 02:25 video
	3.	Let Myself Go 02:29
	4.	Salt Of The Earth 02:56
	5.	Spirit Man 02:33
	6.	Love Duet 03:54
	7.	Foghorn 03:29
	8.	Solo Amor 03:20
	9.	The Dumbening 04:04
	10.	Beyond The Pale 03:26
	11.	Upstairs Downstairs 03:34
	12.	My Familiar 04:01

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Glasgow’s Order of the Toad return with a third long player entitled ‘Spirit Man’.

Now in their 5th year of existence, OOTT forge onwards with 12 frenetic new compositions, pulled together throughout windows of opportunity during the covid era.

Recently a four piece (new guitarist Fionnan joining the Order just before the lockdowns began), Gemma Fleet (Current Affairs/ ex- The Wharves/Kasms) remains the spiritual lynchpin and main energy conductor from which Chris Taylor (Personality Toilet/ Open Face), Andrew Doig (Robert Sotelo/Nightshift) and of course now Fionnan (Open Face) are powered.

With added twin guitar dimensionality, the band flirt with an 80s new wave sound at times on Spirit Man, garnishing their regular sound with new hues of blue and purple atop the amphibious green of previous efforts.

‘Subterranean’ which opens the set is evidence of a B52s style composite, Doig’s now familiar faux organ guitar franken-sound holding steady beneath the wild and youthful six string movement that Fionnan brings to the toadstool.

Elsewhere Taylor takes the lead Vox on ‘Salt of the Earth’, ‘Upstairs Downstairs’ and ‘The Dumbening’, all further progressions of the ensemble’s sound. Song structure and chord elements subtly mutate away from the 60’s nucleus of yore, Taylor bringing a Kevin Ayers meets Bill Callahan vocal approach to his cleverly assembled lyrical narratives, the band weaving about tempos with eccentric colour around him.

Of course Fleet’s voice is central throughout, always simultaneous with her precise elasticity on the 4 string bass guitar, providing the likes of ‘Golden Rod’ with a sweeping Grace Slick meets Dolly Parton wail, a hollering Kate Bush style octave leap during the kinetic ‘Fog Horn’ and the fast paced crescendo of hollers at the back end of ‘Beyond the Pale’, a breathless 4 chord slammer.

Her graceful and acute vocalisms paint the world of Order of the Toad and never before as vibrantly.

In Summer 2021 the day after Fleet and Doig were married during a meal at a restaurant in Ayr, they noticed striking and vivid paintings by the artist they came to know as Gordon Stead hanging on the walls. The band went about approaching Gordon to create a front image for Spirit Man and the resulting painting was passed on to design layout whizz-kid Matthew Walkerdine to complete and ready for manufacture.

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released September 16, 2022

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Ross McGowan at Chime. Front cover painting by Gordon Stead. Design by Matthew Walkerdine

Co-released by Gringo Records and Hidden Bay (France). FOR EU ORDERS WE RECOMMEND VISITING THE HIDDEN BAY BANDCAMP! hiddenbayrecords.bandcamp.com

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Order of the Toad Glasgow, UK

Gemma Fleet
Chris Taylor
Fionnan
Andrew Doig

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