Anna Kashfi - Procurement album

Anna Kashfi
Procurement
LRR007
CD & download
Release date: 1st September 2008

About

Anna Kashfi is also the name of a band from Manchester who play dreamy, melancholic music that crackles with the memories of past mistakes, missed opportunities and the emotional games played by lovers in battle. ‘Procurement' is a stunning album that moves from stately ballads through late-night laments to droning psychedelic folk that is eerie and gentle in equal measure. This is the point at which traditional English folk, modern Americana and klezmer traditions come together to create a sound that is familiar and comforting yet opaque and elusive.

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Press

AMERICANA UK
“10/10. Stunning second album from Manchester’s darkest purveyors of country-noir. 10/10 is a controversial mark but, simply put, it couldn’t be any better. Beautifully arranged and unsettlingly moving, ‘Procurement’ is one of the great records of 2008.”

MARK RADCLIFFE (BBC Radio 2)
“‘Procurement’ is a really lovely album.”

CHANNEL 4 PLANET SOUND
“The Mancunian outfit manage to portray a melancholia that's utterly charming. Sian Webley's voice is soft like a dreamy Joni Mitchell, and her slow ballad style is comforting and eerie in equal measures. A haunting record that should surely bring Anna Kashfi out of the late-night shadows. 8/10.”

ROCK N REEL
“The brave cover of Nick Cave's 'The Mercy Seat' is simple and devastating, a masterful performance making you hear a fine but perhaps over-familiar song with new ears.”

DELUSIONS OF ADEQUACY
“Astonishing ambition.”

PENNYBLACKMUSIC.COM
“There are few better bands on the current British alt. country circuit at the moment than Anna Kashfi and certainly none as under-rated. With its depiction of small scale tragedies and dramas, and in its aching laments, sore truths and naked confessions, ‘Procurement’ is a wonderful testimony to a group of extraordinary vision.”