The Parish council unanimously recommend this second LP by Lisbon's
Beautify Junkyards.
The Beast Shouted Love is an incredible album that deserves to be a huge success and its available on vinyl in the
Ghost Box Guest Shop right
now.
A kind of pan-European folky electronic pop that somehow simultaneously conjures Broadcast, Nick Drake, Heron, Belbury Poly and Os Mutantes. A beautifully crafted instrumental palette of acoustic and electronic sound with delicate male and female vocals in both Portuguese and English.
Beautify Junkyards have enjoyed enormous critical acclaim (see below) and Ghost Box are very excited to be releasing a single by them next year as part of the
Other Voices Series.
"positively spellbinding...beautiful and freaky."
SHINDIG MAGAZINE
"intriguing and lovely"
Mark Radcliffe BBC RADIO 2
“All at once breathless, beautiful and bewitching”
GOD IS IN THE TV (UK)
"ethereal magic... Beautify Junkyards have a consistency of sound and vision."
OCEAN SUNRISE BENDER (USA)
“it’s one of the best albums I’ve heard in a long time"
STRANGE BREW (UK)
"...a bold and creative statement from a group with exceptional taste"
ACTIVE LISTENER (UK)
Beautify Junkyards are
João Branco Kyron (voice, synthesizers)
João Paulo Daniel (acoustic guitars, synthesizers)
Watts (percussions),
Sergue (omnichord, xylophone, bass)
João Moreira (acoustic guitar, electric organ)and Rita Vian (voice, electric organ)
