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When the Haar Rolls In is the new gunslinger in town and his underfed, overused horse is called James Yorkston. He calls one of his guns compact disc and one double 10" and they'll shoot your ears off as soon as look at you. He also drags a massive coffin with him everywhere he goes that contains his secret weapon, a hefty box set with the vinyl plus three CDs. This isn't working is it.. If he did country music it might be more understandable. What we've got here is more of his usual gentle folk loveliness with his songwriting taking centre stage, painting evocative pictures in your mind with timeless words that are quirky without being self-conscious, a trick many folk acts fail miserably at these days. If you liked his previous stuff you should be well into this.
What the label says:
•James Yorkston returns with his 4th studio album ‘When the Haar Rolls
In’ and proves once again why he is one of the most essential
songwriters of our time.
•Returning with his trusty Athletes,
along with some legendary English folk names - Norma Waterson, Mike
Waterson, Marry Gilhooly, Olly Knight, there is much to mine for
Yorkston fans of old and new, all the ambition, beauty and pathos of
his previous albums is sweeping through with the soothing, lush
arrangements of all sorts.
•The album will be available in four
formats, CD, digital but also 2x10” vinyl which will feature an
additional track, ‘Sail On’.
•There will also be 1000 limited
numbered deluxe boxsets which will include the CD and 10” vinyl
versions plus a CD of James Yorkston songs covered by Archie Bronson
Outfit, King Creosote, U.N.P.O.C and others, and a CD of James Yorkston
remixes including the rare Four Tet remix of 'The Lang Toun‘, an
exclusive James Yorkston Pin Badge and exclusive James Yorkston Canvas
Bag.
•One of the limited box sets will have a Golden Ticket which
will grant one fan their very own James Yorkston composition written
just for them, which James will perform live at their home.
•In
September, the single ‘Tortoise Regrets Hare’ will be released, with a
supporting video made available across music and entertainment websites
and music stations.
•Will Hodgkinson has interviewed James for his book and is a big fan.
•James
will be playing some radio sessions with The Waterson’s, and will be
performing live in August including a headline show with Lisa Knapp at
London's Roundhouse on 19th August followed by a UK tour in November.
•1000 limited numbered deluxe boxsets.
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B’s Jig * Tortoise Regrets Hare * Temptation *
When The Haar Rolls In * Queen Of Spain *
Midnight Feast *
Would You Have Me Born With Wooden Eyes? *
Summer’s Not The Same Without You *
The Capture Of The Horse
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B’s Jig * Tortoise Regrets Hare * Temptation *
When The Haar Rolls In * Queen Of Spain *
Midnight Feast *
Would You Have Me Born With Wooden Eyes?
Summer’s Not The Same Without You *
The Capture Of The Horse * Sail On
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CD 1
B’s Jig * Tortoise Regrets Hare * Temptation * When The Haar Rolls In * Queen Of Spain *
Midnight Feast * Would You Have Me Born With Wooden Eyes? *
Summer’s Not The Same Without You * The Capture Of The Horse
CD 2: Covers
‘The Lang Toun’ Rozi Plain * ‘In Your Hands’ Pictish Trail & HMS Ginafore *
‘St. Patrick’ David Thomas Broughton *
Are You Coming Home Tonight?’ Suzy Mangion *
‘Us Late Travellers’ Charlotte Greig * ‘Shipwreckers’ Adrian Crowley *
‘Sweet Jesus’ Nancy Elizabeth * ‘Tender To The Blues’ Cathal Coughlan *
‘Summer Song’ UNPOC * ‘Tortoise Regrets Hare’ King Creosote *
‘Banjo # 1’ Doogie Paul & The Athletes * ‘Banjo # 2’ John Smith *
‘Steady As She Goes’ Viking Moses * ‘Would You Have Me Born With Wooden Eyes?’
Archie Bronson Outfit * ‘Sail On’ James Yorkston * ‘Heron’ Jon Hopkins
CD 3: Remixes
‘I
Know My Love’ James Yorkston * ‘Summer Song’ Dolphin Boy * ‘Woozy With
Cider’ King Biscuit Time * ‘The River Just Beyond’ On The Fly *
‘The Capture Of The Horse’ James Yorkston * ‘Orgiva Song’ On The Fly *
‘The Brussels Rambler’ Reuben Taylor *
‘Would You Have Me Born With Wooden Eyes?’ Chicken Feed *
‘When
The Haar Rolls In’ King Creosote * ‘Tortoise Regrets Hare’ Down The
Tiny Steps * ‘The Lang Toun’ Four Tet * ‘St. Patrick’ James Yorkston
2 x 10”
B’s Jig * Tortoise Regrets Hare * Temptation * When The Haar Rolls In * Queen Of Spain *
Midnight Feast * Would You Have Me Born With Wooden Eyes? *
Summer’s Not The Same Without You * The Capture Of The Horse * Sail On |
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