Philadelphia’s Strapping Fieldhands are one of the most difficult bands to categorize.  In fact, they created their own genre.  Lead singer and songwriter Bob Malloy is America’s foremost poet laureate.  The Strapping Fieldhands sound like a cross between Ralph Peer 1920’s-era field recordings done on a  portable disc-cutting machine and the stunning simplicity of Guided by Voices stripped down indie rock.  They combine the best of the old & the new.  

Shangri-la Projects is lucky enough to work with Strapping Fieldhands on two of the greatest album releases of the 1990s: 1994’s Wattle & Daub & the cd issue of Discus, one of the most enigmatic releases of the ‘90s.  Both records are essential for music fans of all ages and sizes.  While Discus is long out of print on vinyl, Wattle & Daub is still available on both lp & cd for the psychedelic record collector.