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Lee Van Cleef to Reissue Holy Smoke Nov. 1

300 copies is not a lot of copies, especially for a record that got the kind of response of Lee Van Cleef‘s Holy Smoke (review here), and with the band having a couple festival dates and other shows lined up following the Nov. 1 release through Vincebus Eruptum Recordings, I’d be surprised if there are many left by the end of the year. Originally issued in late-2016 through White Dwarf Records, the offering was rife with tonal warmth and drift, consciousness underlying an exploratory vibe that proved hypnotic over the span in only the most welcome of ways. It was a record to melt your brain to, in other words, and it thrived in that. Along with its standout cover art, it set up Lee Van Cleef as a band to watch in Europe’s psych underground, and though they haven’t had a proper follow-up as yet, giving the first offering another look hardly seems unreasonable. Especially as it gives me an excuse to put the record on again.

Which is really what it’s all about, when it comes right to it.

Info from the PR wire:

lee van cleef holy smoke reissue

LEE VAN CLEEF “Holy Smoke”

After the first edition on White Dwarf Records (soon SOLD-OUT!), the first album by Italian heavy-psych band LEE VAN CLEEF is now again available on a new ultra-limited edition of 300 copies on red vinyl.

Issue date: 1st of November 2019

Limited edition vinyl (VELP027): 300 copies on red vinyl

Track-list:
A1 – Heckle Yuppies
A2 – Banshee
B1 – Hell Malo
B2 – Mah?na
B3 – Towelie

The project LEE VAN CLEEF was born as a joke at the end of 2015 and is the result of long jam sessions between Marco Adamo, guitarist (La polvere di Bodélé), Guido Minervini, drum (Efesto, Lamarck) and Pietro La Tegola, bass (Whiskeycold Winter). Influenced by bands like Earthless, Black Bombaim, Harsh Toke (to name a few) The first work “Holy Smoke” was recorded mixed and mastered in the Godfather studio of Naples.

Lee Van Cleef live:
NOV 8 HEADZ UP FEST 2019 Zukunft am Ostkreuz Berlin, Germany
NOV 13 The Black Sheep Montpellier, France
NOV 14 La Cave à Rock Toulouse, France
NOV 16 Which Mountain? Samhain Trial Festival JH SOJO Kessel, Belgium

Lee Van Cleef is:
Marco Adamo (Guitar)
Pietro Trinità La Tegola (Bass)
Guido Minervini (Drums)

https://www.facebook.com/leevancleefjams
https://leevancleefjams.bandcamp.com/
https://vincebuseruptum.bigcartel.com/
http://www.vincebuseruptum.it/

Lee Van Cleef, Holy Smoke (2016)

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