{"id":1880,"date":"2017-11-20T08:00:01","date_gmt":"2017-11-20T08:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/?p=1880"},"modified":"2017-11-18T17:11:54","modified_gmt":"2017-11-18T17:11:54","slug":"the-hanging-stars-how-i-got-this-way-feat-miranda-lee-richards-premiere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/?p=1880","title":{"rendered":"The Hanging Stars &#8216;How I Got This Way&#8217; (feat. Miranda Lee Richards) Premiere"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\">Walthamstow\u2019s psych-folk-country quartet THE HANGING STARS\u00a0release the second single, &#8216;How I Got This Way&#8217;, from their forthcoming album\u00a0<i>Songs For Somewhere Else<\/i>\u00a0(out 9th February 2018). The dreamy country lament features angelic\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span lang=\"EN-US\"><strong>harmonies from psych folk singer\u00a0MIRANDA LEE RICHARDS. See them at<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<strong>Servant Jazz Quarters &#8211; London on\u00a0Wed 22nd Nov.<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How I Got This Way feat. Miranda Lee Richards\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4iZIxOKSWEc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Taking cues from both sides of the Atlantic, The Hanging Stars mainline the dying embers of the early\u2019 70s psychedelic-folk and cosmic-country scenes, transforming them into an energized new sound for our times. The album,\u00a0<em>Songs For Somewhere Else<\/em>, is about escapism from the everyday, against the cynicism and greed that pervades society.<\/p>\n<p>Tracing their inspiration from Dennis Wilson to Gram Parsons and\u00a0<em>On The Beach<\/em>\u00a0era Neil Young, they equally draw from early gospel soaked Spiritualized, jangle pop, spaghetti western soundtracks, old Bossa Nova records and prohibition-era blues.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1881\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/HSTARS-339_preview-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/HSTARS-339_preview-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/HSTARS-339_preview-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/HSTARS-339_preview-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/HSTARS-339_preview-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/HSTARS-339_preview-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/HSTARS-339_preview-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/HSTARS-339_preview-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/HSTARS-339_preview-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/HSTARS-339_preview-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/HSTARS-339_preview.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>It follows on from their critically acclaimed 2016 debut\u00a0<em>Over The Silvery<\/em>\u00a0<em>Lake<\/em>, which received much praise.<\/p>\n<p>Recording for\u00a0<em>Songs For Somewhere Else<\/em>\u00a0was again conducted at the legendary Bark Studios in Walthamstow with\u00a0Brian\u00a0O&#8217;Shaughnessey<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>(The Clientele, Primal Scream, My Bloody Valentine) at the helm and commenced prior to the release of\u00a0<em>Over The Silvery Lake<\/em>. It captures the development of a band who had toured Europe in the winter of 2015\/16, and went on to play coveted support slots with\u00a0Teenage Fanclub,\u00a0The Clientele, Wolf People\u00a0and\u00a0GospelbeacH, as well as\u00a0Liverpool\u2019s\u00a0International\u00a0Festival\u00a0of\u00a0Psychedelia.<\/p>\n<p>Joining founding members \u2013\u00a0songwriter, singer and guitarist\u00a0Richard Olson\u00a0(The See See, Eighteenth Day of May),\u00a0Sam Ferman\u00a0on bass and\u00a0Paulie Cobra\u00a0on drums \u2013\u00a0were contributions from now permanent members\u00a0Patrick Ralla\u00a0(Alan Tyler Show, Edwyn Collins) on guitars, keys and vocals, and\u00a0Joe Harvey-White\u00a0(pedal steel, dobro), bringing new perspectives to the band&#8217;s work.<\/p>\n<span class=\"synved-social-container synved-social-container-share\"><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fshindig-magazine.com%2Findex.php%3Frest_route%3D%252Fwp%252Fv2%252Fposts%252F1880&amp;t=The%20Hanging%20Stars%20%E2%80%98How%20I%20Got%20This%20Way%E2%80%99%20%28feat.%20Miranda%20Lee%20Richards%29%20Premiere&amp;s=100&amp;p[url]=https%3A%2F%2Fshindig-magazine.com%2Findex.php%3Frest_route%3D%252Fwp%252Fv2%252Fposts%252F1880&amp;p[images][0]=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shindig-magazine.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2017%2F11%2FHSTARS-339_preview-1024x683.jpg&amp;p[title]=The%20Hanging%20Stars%20%E2%80%98How%20I%20Got%20This%20Way%E2%80%99%20%28feat.%20Miranda%20Lee%20Richards%29%20Premiere\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebook\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/facebook.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-twitter nolightbox\" data-provider=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fshindig-magazine.com%2Findex.php%3Frest_route%3D%252Fwp%252Fv2%252Fposts%252F1880&amp;text=New%20post%20on%20our%20site\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"twitter\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/twitter.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-mail nolightbox\" data-provider=\"mail\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share by email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=The%20Hanging%20Stars%20%E2%80%98How%20I%20Got%20This%20Way%E2%80%99%20%28feat.%20Miranda%20Lee%20Richards%29%20Premiere&amp;body=New%20post%20on%20our%20site:%20https%3A%2F%2Fshindig-magazine.com%2Findex.php%3Frest_route%3D%252Fwp%252Fv2%252Fposts%252F1880\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"mail\" title=\"Share by email\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/mail.png\" \/><\/a><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Walthamstow\u2019s psych-folk-country quartet THE HANGING STARS\u00a0release the second single, &#8216;How I Got This Way&#8217;, from their forthcoming album\u00a0Songs For Somewhere Else\u00a0(out 9th February 2018). The dreamy country lament features angelic\u00a0harmonies from psych folk singer\u00a0MIRANDA LEE RICHARDS. See them at\u00a0Servant Jazz Quarters &#8211; London on\u00a0Wed 22nd Nov. Taking cues from both sides of the Atlantic, The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[467],"class_list":["post-1880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music-videos","tag-hanging-stars"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1880"}],"version-history":[{"count":-3,"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1880\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}