The Owl Service's sizeable discography has had a fair bit of tinkering with over the last few years, with an intimidating number of releases (both new and archival) available on Bandcamp and Spotify. The good news is you can pretty much wade in anywhere and be rewarded for doing so, such is the consistency of their output.
This arrived in my mailbox a few days ago and it's as good a place to start as any for a novice.
Originally released as a 2 track 7" by the Fruits de Mer label this expanded 6 track CDr and digital edition is uniformly excellent.
Dorothy Chappell has the unenviable task of tackling Sandy's vocals on these tracks (with the help of Mellow Candle's Alison O'Donnell on Genesis Hall) and appears undaunted by the task. And Steven Collins arrangements are - as usual - sympathetic and always in service to the song.
Highlights are many, best exemplified by the full band arrangement of soundtrack rarity Here In Silence which to me betters the original, accentuating the bleakness of the lyric in ways the original could only hint at.
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