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.
Growing up in the Peak District in England, miles from the ocean, made singer Andy a bit jealous of all the great shanties that coastal folks seemed to have. Derbyshire folk songs are grand and lovely, and have a sensibility all their own, but “Lowlands Away”? “Roll Alabama”? “Running Down To Cuba”? Anthems, one and all! Taking cues from The Adventures of Baron Munchausen to “Yellow Submarine”, "Pomme De Lune" is our stab at writing a shanty for the Pennines - an anti-sea-shanty, if you will.
Featuring Alice Quayle on bassoon.
lyrics
I built her in the Pennines in the village I called home
Thirty foot of English oak, and a polished crystal dome
Fifty mile or more from the nearest wave on the nearest shore
From the terrible salty carnivores that hunt beneath the foam
I built her not for rivers, not for to go to sea
For I was raised in mountains, and the mountains keep me free
I built her for the night, far away from the crash of the city light
To sail the sky as the stars burn bright, that's the life for me!
Yo, heave ho! My Pomme de Lune
Not quite a boat, nor yet balloon
Yo, heave ho! My Pomme de Lune
I promise dear, we're leaving soon...
Any day now I'll pack my troubles in my old kit bag
I’ll set her sails and cast her off, and heave into the black
We’ll skim the moon, across the Sea of Serenity we’ll tack
Set a course for the dog-star’s nose, and never once look back
“Lunatic!” they cried, as the tears stood sharp in my mother’s eyes
Lunatic? Yes, I deride the fears that hold them back!
Yo, heave ho! My Pomme de Lune
Not quite a boat, nor yet balloon
Yo, heave ho! My Pomme de Lune
I stole the key, we're leaving soon...
Yo, heave ho! My Pomme de Lune
Strangely like an aerial bassoon
Yo, heave ho! My Pomme de Lune
Come, we’ll race you to the moon
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
Powerful urban trad folk with a punk snarl, 'Follow Them True' is one of the most exciting albums to come out of UK folk in a long while. There's genuine outrage here, with deep respect for the music. Ringlefinch
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
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