rotten bliss/ nonfictional

but meanwhile (and more importantly) horsemouth has been out to a gig...


first off rotten bliss (jasmine pender) - she begins with an acapella version of what sounds like a celtic version of the two sisters (‘the one threw her sister over’ - or perhaps the old woman lived on the seashore) some celtic lyrics anyway and then it’s cellos and harmonics and delay and distortion and soundscapes and bass synthesizers and rattling chains. as opposed to toe played zithers we have toe played ipads - controlling the backing textures. a good use of textures and technology. lots of the sea. lots of lotte reiniger type images - like the prehistory of the brothers quay.




... and then nonfictional (in this case without horsemouth’s friend and bass-player/ trumpet player nick doyne-ditmus who had a chest infection and so couldn’t play). a bit echoes a bit siouxsie sioux opined myk, horsemouth would have agreed about echoes but transferred in the cocteau twins - really great singing and playing by maggie turner (vocals), david hunger (guitar), ravi low-beer (percussion). ... are sunday afternoon gigs the way forward (and home in time for tea).

after the gig they bumped into merv (of dead dog mountain) upstairs and chatted amiably like old men.