I’ve written about these guys before, and they made an appearance on the old podcast this week. They were a London psychedelic folk group whose brilliant self-titled debut album sounds uncannily like it could have been cut from the undiscovered sessions for Fairpost Convention’s Liege & Lief masterpiece.

Anyhow, they packed it all in about a year or so ago now and, having loved their stuff and seen them a couple of times in concert where they were also excellent, I was rather gutted. Still, they had a couple of extra songs from the aborted sessions for their second album and these are now available on their website. I’ve posted them here as well, because I have every confidence in human laziness, so I thought taking a step out of the process might get more folk listening to the songs.

18th Day of May – Seven Dials
18th Day of May – Stone Cold
18th Day of May – Tell Me Tomorrow

Two of their former members, Mark Nicholas and Alison Cotton, have gone on to form a new group, called The Left Outsides. They explore similar territory but with a far dreamer and more ethereal sort of sound. I’ve included a couple of tracks here, and there are two more on their MySpace page for download. If this all tickles your fancy then they have a lovely album – perhaps a bit folky for my punkier readers – which can be bought for about six quid from their website, here.

The Left Outsides – Fallen by the Wayside
The Left Outsides – The Third Light