Comments on: Thos Henley – Mosaic Bone Norse Flute

By: Matthew

Matthew — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 10:22:48 +0000

Ah right, I thought as much when I first saw how long the thing was, and the way it broke up. Ah well, I may try and sort that out over the weekend.

By: Drunk Country

Drunk Country — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 10:10:30 +0000

&, as I sorta expected (but didn’t say owt cos I didn’t want to sound like a cock in case I was wrong) this is TWO songs: the last track, which begins with the radio, is a hidden track called ‘Dogs Doves Tigers and Pelicans’ . Again, from the artist’s mouth

By: Drunk Country

Drunk Country — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:11:51 +0000

It’s pronouned ‘Thoss’ – straight from the man’s mouth himself.

By: Dylan

Dylan — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:32:52 +0000

but I could’ve used more cowbell.

Haha! I’ve just had dinner with some mates and we had the whole “more cowbell” conversation!

I’ve just come back and put this on again and decided, no, I don’t like it. It’s hopelessly irrelevent and taking itself too seriously and crashingly dull.

Didn’t Spinal Tap take the piss out of this sort of stuff 25 years ago?

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:08:36 +0000

My granny has that exact same music box…

By: Campfires & Battlefields

Campfires & Battlefields — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:02:50 +0000

I completely agree with your point about the 4-8 track format. Brevity is the soul of wit, and cheapness is the soul of commerce. Many of my favorite records are EPs. I especially love the vinyl EPs or 12″ singles from the 80s that have a couple of studio tracks and perhaps a remix for the A-side and then a couple of live ones for the B-side.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:34:55 +0000

Yes, it’s interesting isn’t it. Thing is, for the price of an EP I don’t think you can really go wrong, can you. How many times am I going to end up telling people how much I love the 4-8 track format for releases!

By: Drunk Country

Drunk Country — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:46:09 +0000

The production is very interesting. The instruments & handclaps sound like they’re DIY recordings, then the vocals come in sounding very polished. Then it all starts to crack a bit, almost clipping/breaking apart on the higher register. & I do like this increasingly common enuciated accent creeping into regional music (“faux-taux-grarphs”).

It sits, oddly, very nicely with Kría Brekkan’s recent Wildering 7″, which is compellingly off kilter & phantom-like. But that might be the music-box & far-off old tyme radio/dialogue clips in the middle. It might just be the ‘underwater’ shifting sensation I get from it.

I like it. I like it a lot. It’s the right side of clumsy, for me. &, yes, there’re some immediate reference points, but in all a satisfying encounter.

By: Campfires & Battlefields

Campfires & Battlefields — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:22:01 +0000

Well I call that unusual indeed. Dylan’s right on about the whole affair “going Jethro Tull” on our asses, or perhaps a bit Peter Gabriel-era Genesis (also on our asses). I enjoy the little trills of viola or cello or whatever that thing is. A real surprise to the ear, but I could’ve used more cowbell.

By: thebluewalrus

thebluewalrus — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:12:38 +0000

I always thought it was pronounced “Toss” like saying Thomas very quickly with no intonation. That was just me making it up though.