from Platenblad - issued 2007 (by René van Kaam)
(translated excerpt)... This re-release on vinyl comes as a gift straight from
heaven. ...Tim Hollier is one long, fantastic, trip. Very heavily recommended...
Ugly Things - January 2008 (by Mike Stax)
Night Wings previously released a CD compiling Tim Hollier's best work (see
review in UT#23), and now follow up with a vinyl issue of the UK folkie's second
album, originally released on Fontana in July 1970.
The album is something of a collaboration with California transplant Armory
Kane, who not only sings and plays on the record, but also wrote or co-wrote
three tracks, "Llanstephan Hill," "Evolution" and "Maybe
You Will Stay." It's the opening "Seagull's Song," though, that
is the standout track, with its hypnotic lead guitar lines and somber, poetic
lyrics. Other highlights include "And It's Happening to Her," with
its lovely melodic harmonies, and the delicately pretty "Love Song."
The arrangements are less orchestrated than his '68 debut, Message To A Harlequin,
and the mood decidedly darker, but in many ways it's the superior effort, in
a similar downer/loner vein to Mick Softley, Bill Fay and early Al Stewart.