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Warlus - Songs (France 1975, Acid-Psych)

Members:
Richard Maubert - Bass, Guitar, Electric Guitar and vocals.
Pascal Ducourhoux - Drums, Percussion, Piano, Harpsychord, Guitar, Vocals.

Tracklist:
01. Listen To The Warlus
02. Geegee
03. Girl Like You
04. My Souvenir
05. Blues Man'Blues
06. Blues For A Friend
07. Hello ! My Friend
08. Be My Love
09. You?
10. Good Night The Day...

Recording sessions took place in 1975 at an old Theatre named Val de Gally where they set the
recording equipment and two Revox machines. In 1976, new home recordings done at a Paris flat
were added to the final mix.

Released as a private edition of only 200 copies in 1977 on the private Joint label (but
recorded two years earlier, in 1975), Warlus Songs could be regarded as the king of all French
70s obscure private pressings.
Warlus was the brainchild of young musician Richard Maubert, who created a mini- masterpiece of
twisted, melancholic fuzzed-out psychedelic pop, with a charming homemade sound/production and
druggy atmosphere. Sung in English, it also brings to mind some obscure USA private pressings
like Kath. This is a very special record that will appeal to both psych aficionados and fans of
70s DIY weirdness.
If you like other French private pressings like Dandelion and Les Temps Heureux, you’ll be
amazed when you hear Warlus.
~ by: www.anthologyrecordings.com
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Oh yeah! The Guerssen label strikes gold again with another rad reissue of totally obscure
psych-pop, this time out of France, circa 1975. Unless you're one of the two hundred people who
actually got a copy of this private press record the first time around there is no way you
(like us) have ever heard Warlus before. The timing couldn't be better on this reissue, as its
stoned and breezy sounds would be so at home in today's underground. Imagine if Ariel Pink or
Kurt Vile were coming of age in the '70s, this might be the home recording they would have made.
We also hear hints of the more stoned and drifty side of Thee Oh Sees, even.
While this duo were French they sang in English and this, combined with the group's lo-fi and
D.I.Y aesthetic, makes Walrus sound almost like some kind of amazing proto-Shrimper release.
We're reminded of the psych-pop of Roger Rodier and, at times this makes us imagine a more
melodic Jandek joining forces with fellow outsider Bob Trimble, covering Kinks songs! Or
something equally awesome. The songs are intimate and woozy, with nice sound experiments
sprinkled throughout. We've been hooked on this the second we heard it. Highly recommended!
~ by: www.aquariusrecords.org

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"There exist a few French rarities issued during the seventies that had both '60s Anglo-Saxon
references (implying English only lyrics), acoustic guitars, a distinguished underground flavour
(implying a skinny production), psychedelic background... and no recognition at all.
Warlus is one of them.
Distant (drums and electric guitar parts are rather far-out), slightly echoed "ballroom" sound,
acoustic guitar all along : the sixties are not very far away here.
Looping ballads, soft -male only- acid folk voice, very nicely used sound effects, musically a
little "light" by parts (deserved a producer).
Compositions are slow but good (deserved a little more rock), a little too slow for sure at
today's scale (no groove, sorry), but this is the very charm of this album."
~ by: Discogs.