Name: Carbeth
Brand: Honest Jon's
SKU: 1320813
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Carbeth

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Album: Carbeth
#	Song Title		Time
1)	I Listed All of the Velvet Lessons	More Info...	0:04
2)	I Took to You (Like Christ to Wood)	More Info...	0:06
3)	When I Was Young	More Info...	0:04
4)	The End Is the Beginning Born Knowing	More Info...	0:04
5)	Summer's Waning	More Info...	0:03
6)	Willows of Carbeth	More Info...	0:05
7)	Your Head Is the House of Your Tongue	More Info...	0:05
8)	Garlands of Stars	More Info...	0:05
9)	Seven Years a Teardrop	More Info...	0:03

Album: Carbeth
#	Song Title		Time
1)	I Listed All of the Velvet Lessons	More Info...	0:04
2)	I Took to You (Like Christ to Wood)	More Info...	0:06
3)	When I Was Young	More Info...	0:04
4)	The End Is the Beginning Born Knowing	More Info...	0:04
5)	Summer's Waning	More Info...	0:03
6)	Willows of Carbeth	More Info...	0:05
7)	Your Head Is the House of Your Tongue	More Info...	0:05
8)	Garlands of Stars	More Info...	0:05
9)	Seven Years a Teardrop	More Info...	0:03

Performer Notes

Trembling Bells: Alex Neilson (drums).
Personnel: Lavinia Blackwall (vocals, guitar, organ); Mike Hastings (vocals, lap steel guitar); Alexander Neilson (vocals, drums); Simon Shaw (vocals); George Murray (trombone).
Photographer: Alexa Woodward.
Arranger: Lavinia Blackwall.
The debut full-length from this English four-piece boasts a strong preoccupation with the English folk scene of the late `60s and early '70s, and blends harmonies imported from traditional English folk ballads with a restless spirit of experimentation. On "I Listed All of the Velvet Lessons," soprano Lavina Blackwell summons the spirit of the great Susan Collins while the band works up a fantastic organ-led drone behind her. Elsewhere the group dabbles in disorienting psychedelia, meditative, Bert Jansch-influenced guitar work, and Byrds-like vocal harmonies, making for an ambitiously eclectic album that manages to retain a distinctively individualistic sound while paying tribute to some of the most talented English musicians of the folk era.

Professional Reviews

Record Collector (magazine) (p.96) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "This bunch of Glasgow-based youngsters feature two of the finest folk singers you'll hear."