Hush Collector Debut Ep Release
Published 3rd Sep 2005 by Candy Cone

Take a pinch of The Cowboy Junkies, mix it up with hints of Calexico and give it a British 4AD sensibility. Now set it down by the coast to give it that sense of natural space. Sounds nice no?

If you talk about 'music for grown-ups' it sounds dull. Too often 'emotional songs from the heart' means the sterile emptiness of this years Coldplay imitators and words like 'chilled' are abused beyond meaning. Hush Collector are all these things - as they are meant to be. It sounds the easiest thing in the world, but it isn't. So when you find it...

Flowby, a four-track ep, doesn't sound like a debut release. It sounds formed, a fully-realised work made by people who know what they're doing. There's a good reason for that.

Hush Collector - Poppy Gonzalez (vocals, piano, acoustic guitar, percussion), Katie Mummery (vocals, piano, acoustic guitar) and Peter Simmons (guitars, bass) - have done this before. From Mojave 3 to credits on the debut Sing-Sing album and vocals for underground dj Harold Heath, they have honed their craft, polished their ideas and now they are ready.

Based in Brighton on the British south coast, Hush Collector take you to a place where drifting melancholy collides with haunting melody, country-tinged harmonies jostle with blues guitar and intimate voices gently caress the soul. It is an inviting place - trust us.

Flowby is released Sept 5th on Candy Cone and will be available from Virgin Megastore, Rounder Records, Rough Trade, The Night Cafe online store and direct from the bands website.

www.hushcollector.co.uk

(Jed Novick)

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