NEON CASTLE by V/A - VARIOUS ARTISTS
| SKU | 141976 |
| Artist | V/A - VARIOUS ARTISTS |
| Title | NEON CASTLE |
| Label | SMILING C |
| Catalog # | SC#17 |
| Tag | |
| Release | W 48 - 2025 |
| Format | Vinyl - USLP |
| Exclusive | |
| € 36,50 | incl. VAT, excl. shipping |
Tracks
- judie tsuke - shoot from the heart
- sally townes - neon castles
- suse millemann - patterns
- tessa stivar - thin air
- skyway - romeo
- karen ghee - get free
- amy levin - good to you
- rainbow boogie band - once in a lifetime touch
- susan smith - flight
- susan smith - right before my eyes
Description
* comes in mirrored print sleeve
Neon Castle hones in on a fleeting sub-genre of early to mid-’80s folk-rock. For a brief moment, glistening slide guitar, fretless bass, satin floating over drum machines intertwined with ethereal female voices, conjuring a sound at once familiar and otherworldly—pop structures touched by myth. Some songs sway with the warmth of open ranch-land, crystal visions beneath thundering skies; others shimmer with candlelit mysticism, as if born in a pagan stone tower, crafted with the very staff Kate Bush might have wielded. Together, these pieces reveal a singular cloth.
Compiled by Charles Bals—now in his third collaboration with Smiling C—Neon Castle affirms his rare gift for storytelling through sound. Each track unfolds like a scene from an imagined film: castles glowing with noble gas, kingdoms awash in purple haze, white horses roaming free, hair cascading to the waist. The collection sketches a realm both new and upon a time, a world where fantasy takes shape through music. With Neon Castle, attentive listening becomes narrative.
