Held By Trees to release expanded 2-disc Solace LP for RSD
Record Store Day 2024, or RSD as it is known, is on April 20th. Thousands of record collectors will flock to Indie record stores, hunting for the latest limited releases by their favourite bands. I’m pleased to report that Held By Trees will issue their excellent ‘Solace’ album as an expanded 2-disc set for the event limited to just 500 copies and mastered specifically for vinyl by Denis Blackham. More about the release and Held By Trees follows:
Held By Trees are thrilled to announce that a two-disc, expanded edition of their debut album “Solace” will be released on vinyl for Record Store Day 2024. Through their partnership with Lasgo Records, they have the opportunity to present “Solace” in a one-off, 500 unit pressing with a second LP of alternative versions, ambient mixes, demos and other music that tells the whole story of how Held By Trees began, specifically mastered for vinyl by the legendary Denis Blackham.
This special pressing for Record Store Day, which is on Saturday 20th April, also features newly configured artwork and sleeve notes. When Lasgo Records told them that “Solace” had made the prestigious selection for this year’s Record Store Day releases, Held By Trees thought it was too good an opportunity to miss. As avid record shop customers themselves, they are delighted to be a part of this excellent initiative.
“Solace” was released in April 2022 to world-wide critical acclaim, hitting number 4 in the official indie charts and garnering radio support from BBC 6 Music, Radio 3, Soho Radio as well as countless regional and internet radio stations.
Additionally, Held By Trees are playing two supporting gigs:
A full band performance at Chelmsford Social Club CM2 6JG on Friday 26th April
Tickets here: https://www.ents24.com/chelmsford-events/black-frog-presents-chelmsford-social-club/held-by-trees/6861954
And a stripped back performance in Aid of Mind at Revival Food and Mood Whitstable CT5 1BB in the afternoon of Saturday 27th April
Tickets here: held-by-trees-stripped-back-live-gig-at-revival-whitstable-tickets-862081387637
‘Solace’, the debut record from Held By Trees, is a new instrumental project featuring a string of well-known names from the UK and further afield. The man at the heart of Held By Trees is David Joseph, a producer and multi-instrumentalist with aspirations to put together an album that harked back to the seminal recordings of Mark Hollis and producer Tim Friese-Green in Talk Talk and celebrate the natural world.