Adem, Hot Chip, Simian on Memory Band U.S. Debut
Evoking the traditional folk collective vibes of the Fairport Convention, England's the Memory Band will soon release their U.S. debut Apron Strings, featuring contributions from space-folkie Adem, Hot Chip's Al Doyle, and former-Simian Simon Lord. The pastoral affair arrives October 10 via Vetiver/Vashti Bunyan label Dicristina Stair Builders.
Folktronica dude Stephen Cracknell (who, as Gorodisch, released Thurn & Taxis on the Leaf Label in 2001), assembled the Memory Band circa 2001 with the intention of creating a "folk supergroup," in his own words. The MB collected a pair of previous EPs into a well-received self-titled UK debut album in 2004. Certainly worth a listen, particularly if you find most contemporary folk too freak-ish.
Apron Strings also features vocals from folk singer Nancy Wallace and fiddle-playing from Elysian Quartet member Jennymay Logan. Cracknell and Co. tackle a number of traditional folk tunes, as well as covers, including Ronnie Lane's "The Poacher" and Carly Simon's "Why".
Apron Strings:
01 Blackwaterside
02 Come Write Me Down
03 Brambles
04 Green Grows the Laurel
05 I Wish I Wish
06 Light
07 Want You to Know
08 Deltic Soul
09 Why
10 Reasons
11 Evil
12 The Poacher
Folktronica dude Stephen Cracknell (who, as Gorodisch, released Thurn & Taxis on the Leaf Label in 2001), assembled the Memory Band circa 2001 with the intention of creating a "folk supergroup," in his own words. The MB collected a pair of previous EPs into a well-received self-titled UK debut album in 2004. Certainly worth a listen, particularly if you find most contemporary folk too freak-ish.
Apron Strings also features vocals from folk singer Nancy Wallace and fiddle-playing from Elysian Quartet member Jennymay Logan. Cracknell and Co. tackle a number of traditional folk tunes, as well as covers, including Ronnie Lane's "The Poacher" and Carly Simon's "Why".
Apron Strings:
01 Blackwaterside
02 Come Write Me Down
03 Brambles
04 Green Grows the Laurel
05 I Wish I Wish
06 Light
07 Want You to Know
08 Deltic Soul
09 Why
10 Reasons
11 Evil
12 The Poacher
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