Neon Castle
Compilation of early to mid-’80s folk-rock by Charles Bals for Smiling C!

Neon Castle

Charles Bals

€ 36,95
  • LP
Label
Smiling C
Expected release
5 December 2025
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Description

Neon Castle hones in on a fleeting sub-genre of early to mid-’80s folk-rock. For a brief moment, glistening slide guitar, fretless bass, satin floating over drum machines intertwined with ethereal female voices, conjuring a sound at once familiar and otherworldly—pop structures touched by myth. Some songs sway with the warmth of open ranch-land, crystal visions beneath thundering skies; others shimmer with candlelit mysticism, as if born in a pagan stone tower, crafted with the very staff Kate Bush might have wielded. Together, these pieces reveal a singular cloth.

Compiled by Charles Bals—now in his third collaboration with Smiling C—Neon Castle affirms his rare gift for storytelling through sound. Each track unfolds like a scene from an imagined film: castles glowing with noble gas, kingdoms awash in purple haze, white horses roaming free, hair cascading to the waist. The collection sketches a realm both new and upon a time, a world where fantasy takes shape through music. With Neon Castle, attentive listening becomes narrative.

Tracklist

  • 1.Judie Tsuke - Shoot From The Heart
  • 2.Sally Townes - Neon Castles
  • 3.Suse Millemann - Patterns
  • 4.Tessa Stivar - Thin Air
  • 5.Skyway - Romeo
  • 6.Karen Ghee - Get Free
  • 7.Amy Levin - Good To You
  • 8.Rainbow Boogie Band - Once In A Lifetime Touch
  • 9.Susan Smith - Flight
  • 10.Susan Smith - Right Before My Eyes

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