She Said by Colour Haze

Over four years since All (2008) and two years since recording started, its hard to believe that She Said, the new album by stoner/heavy psych masters Colour Haze is here! Its been a long, gnarly road for the band to get to its completion. While All dabbled with some subtle psychedelic production and even pop structures, the new one kicks off with the sprawling title track featuring piano playing by Christian Hawellek. Keyboards arent a completely new thing for Colour Haze, as Hawellek has contributed at least some Fender rhodes on all the albums since the self-titled Colour Haze (2005). However the string and horn arrangements are new. This is not to say that theyve gone orchestral pop. Those elements, which also include some congas on the first track, are used sparingly but effectively, enhancing key moments on just a few tracks. While no one could really duplicate Colour Hazes tones, you could hear their influence in Sungrazer, Causa Sui, The Machine, My Sleeping Karma, Hypnos 69, Arenna, and many more. They are all great bands, but Colour Haze remains by far your favorite because their music is so incredibly rich, despite normally sticking to a simple mix of guitar, bass, drums and occasional vocals.

Tracklist

1.	She Said	18:49

2.	This	2:26

3.	Transformation	16:53

4.	Breath	12:07

5.	Slowdown	4:20

6.	Stand	8:29

7.	Rite	6:12

8.	Grace	12:34

Credits

released November 1, 2021

Arranged By [Horns], Trumpet, Flugelhorn [Guest] – Martin Homey
Arranged By [Strings] – Christian Hawellek
Artwork – Barbara Herold
Backing Vocals [Guest] – Carolin Roth (tracks: 2-2), Lipa Majstrovic (tracks: 2-2), Mario Knapp (tracks: 2-1)
Bass – Philipp Rasthofer
Chimes, Shaker [Guest] – Robert Schoosleitner
Congas [Guest] – Ben Esen
Drums – Manfred Merwald
Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes], Grand Piano [Guest] – Christian Hawellek
Engineer – Charly Bohaimid (tracks: 1-1, 2-2, 2-3)
Guitar, Vocals – Stefan Koglek
Lyrics By – Stefan Koglek
Mastered By – Guido Apke
Music By – Colour Haze
Recorded By – Willi Dammeier
Recorded By [Ambient Sounds - Duna Jam Beach] – Marco Naumann
Recorded By [Ambient Sounds] – Tim Höfer
Recorded By [Assistance] – Marco Naumann, Roman Bichler, Tim Höfer
Recorded By, Mixed By, Producer – Stefan Koglek
Strings [Guest] – Ellernquartett
Synthesizer, Mellotron [Guest] – Roman Bichler
Technician [Live Sound] – Mario Oberpucher
Trombone [Guest] – Georg Weisbrodt

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