180-gram black vinyl. Cranes is a dream pop/shoegaze band formed by siblings Alison and Jim Shaw. They had a modest start in the late 80s on Bite Back!, a label based in their hometown of Portsmouth on which they released a cassette and a 12′ mini-album. A bit later they would record a session for John Peel’s BBC Radio 1 show which led them to sign to Dedicated Records, home to influential acts such as Spiritualized, Chapterhouse, Global Communication, Hum and Beth Orton. Their final ascent to stardom occurred following a world tour with the Cure in 1992. Wings of Joy is the first of five studio albusm Cranes did for Dedicated. Even though it’s a few shades lighter than their 80s recordings, they have maintained their slightly gripping and unsettling edge, due in part to Alison’s poignant, child-like vocals.

• Tracks

• 1Watersong
• 2Thursday
• 3Living and Breathing
• 4Leaves of Summer
• 5Starblood
• 6Sixth of May
• 7Wish
• 8Tomorrow’s Tears
• 9Beautiful Sadness
• 10Hopes Are High
• 11Adoration

• Format: Vinyl
• Genre: Rock