TOADSTOOL SHADOW

Richard Dadd "The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke"

Toadstool Shadow plays psych pop music that features elements of various genres, including rock, country, and psychedelia. Artistically, it finds inspiration in many sources, including Richard Dadd's 1864 painting The Faerie Feller's Master-Stroke; Richard Scarry's classic 1963 picture book I Am a Bunny;  1960s rock music poster art, notably San Francisco's Big Five and Gary Grimshaw; 1960s Dutch art cooperative The Fool; 1970s conceptualist art collective Ant Farm; 1970s British art collective Hipgnosis; rock photographer Karl Ferris, particularly his 1967 work with Donovan; 1977-era punk rock fashion and DIY philosophy; avant garde composer Harry Partch's theories of corporeal music; exotica music; 1970s performance artist Stacia Blake of Hawkwind; and, in general, late 20th century American and British psychedelic counterculture.

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