![]() ![]() The golden, drug-infused meanderings of the band work brilliantly with the slowly revealing fairy tale at the centre of the narrative. The story is mysterious and atmospheric with Hand’s descriptions giving the whole thing a magical, uncanny feeling. The story is cleverly crafted in documentary style with multiple unreliable narrators, giving differing viewpoints and justification of events. Elizabeth Hand weaves a magical tale that splendidly merges a compelling tale of a young band with the mythology of wren and fairy. ![]() Years later the surviving band members and those involved in the Wylding Hall recordings come together to tell their own version of what happened at the mysterious mansion. The album they make becomes a classic but it is bathed in tragedy as the band’s mercurial singer disappears during the sessions. Windhollow Faire are an up-and-coming acid folk band who have been sent to Wylding Hall, an ancient English country mansion, by their manager, to create their first album. ![]()
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