Back in the day Crispian Mills/Kula Shaker was judged against the pop chart conventions of the day and the Brit Pop bands of those years. Though Kula Shaker were mega successful indie snobbery has since resulted in an unfairly negative standing amongst a lot of Indie fans. But with the fullness of time the bias of those early year has lifted, this is a decade where psych and folk have returned in weird and wonderful ways and now with the 7" release on Ho Hum Records of a Crispian Mills solo single called Healing Hands we can re-evaluate his sound for real.The two tracks pressed for this single come from a long lost and unfinished solo album Crispian recorded over a decade ago on Dave Gilmour's houseboat (not a lie!!)
The 7" sounds really good, a genuine British 60s sound, folksy and psychedelic and really fresh, its a different ear that listens now and its like we've all caught up with what Crispian Mills was thinking from the start.
Download "Be Merciful" the b.side from the 7" for free here:
