http://songbytoad.com/2008/03/the-ghost-bees-tasseomancy/ Independent music from Edinburgh, Scotland - with added gin and swearing. Wed, 23 May 2012 14:07:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://songbytoad.com/2008/03/the-ghost-bees-tasseomancy/#comment-3748 Matthew Sat, 22 Mar 2008 16:23:37 +0000 http://songbytoad.wordpress.com/?p=1430#comment-3748 Apparently they are twins, one born five minutes after the other, and this is a song written about their birth from the perspective of the second twin. Odd choice of material, I'd say, but it's a really nice song. Apparently they are twins, one born five minutes after the other, and this is a song written about their birth from the perspective of the second twin. Odd choice of material, I’d say, but it’s a really nice song.

]]> http://songbytoad.com/2008/03/the-ghost-bees-tasseomancy/#comment-3749 Campfires & Battlefields Sat, 22 Mar 2008 14:53:19 +0000 http://songbytoad.wordpress.com/?p=1430#comment-3749 I hear what you mean about the vocals. There's a pretty obvious Joanna Newsom "thing" happening here. Still and all, the mandolin is really lovely, and who can resist the Classical references? Castor & Pollux? Tiresius? But what's all this about rotten wombs and afterbirth? This tune has a similar feel to the Bob Frank and John Murry songs you posted last year. A gentle air of menace. I hear what you mean about the vocals. There’s a pretty obvious Joanna Newsom “thing” happening here. Still and all, the mandolin is really lovely, and who can resist the Classical references? Castor & Pollux? Tiresius? But what’s all this about rotten wombs and afterbirth? This tune has a similar feel to the Bob Frank and John Murry songs you posted last year. A gentle air of menace.

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