Rachel McCarron and Sean Breadin have already recorded the Pentacle Of Pips album as Venereum Arvum, its abstract drones and dark tones appealing to the sort of neo-folk fans who sell organic vegetables to fund their occult memorabilia collections.
Songs From The Barley Temple is a brighter, more welcoming, proposition. Modal, improvisational techniques, Bredin’s exotic stringed instruments, and McCarron’s pure and unaffected vocal revivify an erudite selection of traditional British songs.
Silver Dagger shines anew. A spritely reading of The House Carpenter dissolves into an abstract pagan fug.
The ideal October album.
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Liam Travitt, Twitter
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Peter Ould, Twitter
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Syhr, breakbeat.co.uk
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James Dellingpole, Daily Telegraph
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BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
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NevW47479, UKTV.co.uk
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Len Firewood, Twitter
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Anon, westhamonline.com
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Yukio Mishima, dontstartmeoff.com
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Brendon, Vauxhallownersnetwork.co.uk
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Iain, eatenbymissionaries
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Brighton Argus
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Lee Mack, Mack The Life, 2012
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Joe, Independent.co.uk
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12dgdgdgdgdgdg, Youtube
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Joycey, readytogo.net
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Aiden Hearn, Twitter
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Henry Howard Fun, Twitter
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Anon, BBC Complaints Log
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Stuart, Chortle