“This ’60s-loving London band, featuring former Veronica Falls member James Hoare, craft beguilingly simple, guitar-driven psych-pop. The new LP is a warm blanket of analog guitar and woolly harmony.”
“The Proper Ornaments look back while trying to go forward”
“James Hoare (Ultimate Painting) and Max Oscarnold’s (Toy) debut record under the name The Proper Ornaments, ‘Wooden Head,’ sat somewhere between The Byrds and The Velvet Underground. It also swathed itself in more than a few layers of distortion. Their follow-up ‘Foxhole’ sees them almost literally burrowing into a more insular sound, all but doing away with the fuzziness that characterised their ”
