Trippy, Hawaiian Folk anyone? Listening to These Trails is quite an experience, and a positive one at that. Originally released in 1973 Drag City have plucked it from certain obscurity –  re-packaged and re-issued –  and are releasing it this very month.

The Hawaiian band was primarily Margaret Morgan, Dave Choy, Carlos Pardeiro and Patrick Cockett – and together they created songs from flutes, acoustics, synths and percussion – and some pure, folk-infused vocals.

From the fantastic, swaying on a sandy beach ‘Our House In Hanalei’ to the dark, sombre ‘Hello Lou’, the record is a unique mix of organic musicianship and mutating genres. The latter track being a Bowlegs’ favourite with its close harmony and spiralling, saddened acoustic.

Things can get rather strange too – listen to the acoustic picked, wavering, synth-frazzled ‘Sowed a Seed’ – bending and mutating between a piece of folk and a piece of prog-weirdness.

Singer Morgan has a gentle, warm vocal – and on tracks like ‘Rapt Attention’ she takes centre stage atop a tapping rhythm and winding guitar.

To think These Trails were nearly lost in 1973 – yet thanks to Drag City we all get the chance to frolic on the Hawaiian beaches and reflect in the Honolulu hills.

Head here to get the info and more importantly the record: Drag City