Anyway first up is a CD by The Second Hand Marching Band called 'A
Dance To Half Death' . Probably the easiest thing I've ever had to
review. They are a Scottish folk collective. They come from Fife and
they sound like a twee Scottish version of Beirut. Lots of parping
horns, wheezing accordians and choraled vocals. It all has a very
uplifting feel and I could imagine sloshing pints of beer around to
this, singing along and making a fool of myself. I love the name of the
record label - Chaffinch Records. How delightful. In this day and age
of misery, stabbings and poverty its nice to hear something that
reminds me of the beautiful Scottish countryside and a much more
innocent time. I'll give you more comparisons if you want? Vashti
Bunyan, the Fence Collective,,Lucky Luke, Beirut (again) the music from
the Wickerman or a happy Matt Elliott. Apparently we are the only shop
in England selling this!
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What their label says...
The second hand marching band is a band from a mix of Glasgow,
Edinburgh, Stirling, Ayr, Kincardine, Cumbernauld, Neilston, Canada,
Airdrie and elsewhere.
We have been together since the end of 2007 and play guitars, ukeleles,
mandolins, triangles, accordians, trumpets, tenor horns, saxophones,
trombones, glockenspiel, castanets, marching drums, melodicas,
woodblocks, tamborines, bells, violins, flutes, clarinets and other
stuff.
We have spent 2008 doing concerts and it seemed to have went
well. We released our first EP, "a dance to half death", in January
2009.
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