Comes in an all-cardboard 2-fold wallet, with full-colour booklet containing:
- notes on all album tracks
- band photos
- more pictures from the chimney demolition featured on the front cover of 'Tall Tales'
Includes unlimited streaming of Tall Tales
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
An untraditional love song that explores identity, acceptance, and the profoundly macabre. Are we just the product of our experiences, and can we step outside that to decide who we want to be on our own terms? Edward Gorey was a 20th century writer and artist, and his beguilingly dark (frequently hilarious) illustrated books have been Ringlefinch favourites for many years.
lyrics
I thought I lost her at "Hello", when she said "One for joy, and two for sorrow"
She weighed my heart there for a while, then let it fall to join the others in the pile, and she said
"Do you think you want to know me? Do you want to map my soul?
Then come and crack my spine, and turn the page my dear,
And I will swallow you up whole…
Cos I read Edward Gorey's gory stories when I was far too young,
If I'm an open book, come choose your own adventure – or has the tiger got your tongue?"
I said, "There's no surprises here, I always read the last page first
And I've got cheat notes in all your margins" – and she said,
"Then come, dear reader, do your worst!
There's no York Notes to help you now, and you are going in alone,
For there are parts of me have not been read before, and here be monsters…
Cos I read Edward Gorey's gory stories when I was far too young,
If I'm an open book, come choose your own adventure – or has the tiger got your tongue?"
"You read Edward Gorey's gory stories when you were far too young
If you're an open book, I'll choose my own adventure – and it's only just begun.
Come let's read Edward Gorey's gory stories so late into the night,
The candles gutter gently up there on the mantle, and softly fade from sight –
And I guess we'll be alright."
A core part of the scene built around boutique label Folkroom Records, London-based alternative folk seven-piece Ringlefinch
have been described as "Like Bellowhead before them... just one appearance on ‘Later With’ away from becoming nationwide favourites".
They release debut album 'Tall Tales' on Folkroom Records on 25th June 2021....more
Absolutely the cutting edge of traditional music in the British Isles, what Ben Walker has done with this album is nothing short of revolutionary. Beautiful, mesmerising, and utterly worth your time. Ringlefinch
Thom Ashworth plays folk like you've never heard before. With melodic bass guitar parts backing up searingly authentic vocals, his alt take on trad is at its finest here. Start with "Poverty Knock"! Ringlefinch
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this is one of the most beautiful collections of music I've heard in a very long time. every song draws your attention - don't plan on doing anything else while you listen. more please 🙏 kimmcb
supported by 5 fans who also own “Edward Gorey's Gory Stories”
Alt/Psych/Wyrd folk release from the UK’s Kerry Andrew. Crystal clear vocals, with keyboards, recorder, pipes, cello, bass and electric guitars, banjolele, trumpet, and various percussive elements. Here, they cover traditional tunes, as well as offering original pieces, with a watery theme. Eerie and evocative, the pieces often start simply and veer off into something else entirely. Nickie Harte Kelly
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