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releases April 18, 2024
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Cassette
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Cassette tape with fold-out art J-Card and tracklisting.
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CD
Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
Full colour CD with track listing and custom art disk.
Includes digital pre-order of Offcuts and Oddities Vol. 2.
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1.
John Barleycorn, Hampshire Variant (Noods Radio Session, Bristol)
2.
Down by the Green groves / Farewell to Whalley Range / Wild Goose Shanty (February 2023 Tour)
3.
The Foxhunter’s Reel (St Catherine’s Church, London)
Banish Misfortune (Grand Union Canal, Paddington Arm, London)
14.
Hanging Johnny (Abbeydale Picturehouse, Sheffield)
15.
The Mountain Streams where the Moorcocks Crow (St Mark’s Church, London)
16.
Spotted Cow (Southsea, Portsmouth)
17.
Banish Misfortune (Grand Union Canal, Paddington Arm, London)
18.
With Henry Hunt We’ll Go (SET Lewisham, London)
about
The second our series of album-length mixtapes. This volume compiles live recordings, voice notes, and cassette tape experiments.
Included in the 18 tracks are never before recorded folk songs (‘The Bounty’), a session with the legendary Mike Gangloff - of Pelt, Black Twig Pickers et al. (‘Pretty Little Cat’), live cassette documents of barely-tunes (‘Foxhunter’s Reel’), songs in-learning (‘Claudy Banks’), ghostly imprints of space and time (‘The Mountain Streams where the Moorcocks Crow’ & ‘Joe Bane’s’) and even snippets of our joking conversations whilst we were on tour. All this and pretty much everything in between is included, everything except the very finely polished.
This goes some way to demonstrating our attempt to capture the spirit of 'unfinished' musical moments. An experiment in how to sonically ‘show your working’. We really hope you enjoy this strange little volume x
credits
releases April 18, 2024
A massive thank you to Mike O’Malley, Mike Gangloff, Bobby Lee, Mark Riddington, Rosemary Beales, and the Noods Radio team for making these recordings possible. Artwork by Nick Granata, handwriting by Mataio Austin Dean, audio/tape editing by Alex McKenzie & Daniel S. Evans. Mastered by Rupert Clervaux.
Personnel
Alex McKenzie: Tape Manipulation, Whistles, Voice
Daniel S. Evans: Tape Manipulation, Voice
Fidelma Hanrahan: Harp, Voice
Jacken Elswyth: Banjo, Voice
Joshua Barfoot: Snare Drum, Voice
Mataio Austin Dean: Voice
Nick Granata: Piano, Pipe Organ, Violin, Voice
Oliver Hamilton: Violin, Voice
Tom Hardwick-Allan: Trombone, Percussion, Voice
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