What their label says...
Authentic raw folk from the medway delta they've been described as
grossly underrated - Portland Mercury USA, but they're not bitter. If
you want to know the truth that's what's kept them jabbing all these
years, getting better and stronger. Now they release their 9th album, a
bone crunching left hook, on premier indie label, Damaged Goods.
Broderick & Allen started the Loins as a raw, stripped down
acoustic duo in 1990 and soon had legendary cuts man, Billy Childish,
in their corner. He recorded their first Spartan albums live in his
toilet onto a mono Revox tape machine and released them on his Hangman
label. These savage uppercuts are now swapping hands for big dollars on
ebay and quoted as a major influence on the growing punk/folk
movement. A bout of onstage sparring resulted in a 6-year lay-off
until they shook hands and returned re-girded in '05 with a straight
right to the bread basket: "Songs To Hear Before You Die" was
immediately hailed by discerning rags as the dog's bollocks. New to the
stable is Rob Shepherd who bought a shed load of nicked traditional
instruments to the proceedings. He's a good boy. Now get your
lugholes round this latest bout of life and the living of it -
drinking, fucking, stupidity, tenderness, religion and death. Do
yourself a favour and take it on the chin. folk music given back its
balls, bite and no little bile Track Listing: 1.We Are The Singing
Loins 2. God Bless the Whores Of Rochester 3. Why, Lord?4. A Crown Of
Wild Olive 5. The Topless Twins Of Allhallows-On-Sea 6. If You Are Not
Dead Yet 7. 12 Bells 8. The Hartlake Bridge Disaster 9. To A Beautiful
Woman Growing Older 10. The Drowned Man Resuscitator 11. My Brother12.
Be Merry!
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