Wurld Series are back with a new LP of curly rock miniatures and overgrown roadside curios. The Giant’s Lawn stretches the band’s reach, embracing new forms and figures, living corridors and side-quests. Where past worx borrowed from the literate heart of American indie, here, Luke Towart & Co. investigate earthen psychedelia, off-grid community folk, and highly bookish, antipodean snock.
There’s always been a fantastical bent to Wurld Series’ unspooling jaunts - 2021’s What’s Growing threw a little Canterbury scene in with the Christchurch sound - but The Giant’s Lawn goes deeper down the rabbit warren; a boy named frog dreams of escape, established trees are recognised for their contributions to humanity… “Rearing Wesley” marries schoolboy imagery with golden flushes of Richard Thompson inspired fretwork. “A Private Life” plays like a field recording of the morning after the carnival - cats yeowl, empty tents billow, gaudy excess sours in the clear light.
Tracklist
- The Giant’s Lawn Part I
- Queen’s Poisoner
- Rearing Wesley
- Friend to Man and Traffic
- Receiver
- Lord of Shelves
- World of Perverts
- The Pugilist
- The Giant’s Lawn Part Ii
- A Private Life
- Alive With Flies
- Illustrious Plates
- Resplendent Fortress
- Not the Muscle of the Heart
- A Fanciful Assault Vehicle
- Soft Ranks
- The Cloven Stone
