Ralfe Band - Attic Thieves

Continuing from ‘Swords’, their brilliant dada road movie debut on Skint Records, ‘Attic Thieves’ confirms Ralfe Band a special place as one of England’s most original, melodic and richly poetic bands.
Inside its old mirrored room you will find Oly Ralfe’s latest almanac of twelve richly varied songs and instrumentals. The recordings here range from the beautifully personal to the eerily comic, with song lyrics peppered with mysterious alter-egos, all reflecting an inventive band journeying across a dreaming landscape that’s uniquely Ralfe Band.
‘Attic Thieves’ was created by Oly Ralfe and his music brother Andrew Mitchell. Oly sings, plays upright piano, organ, accordion and Spanish guitar. From Mitchell emanate beatnik drums, scattershot percussion, electric guitar and arrangements borne from a love of great rhythm masters, from Django Reinhardt to The Ramones. Other brigands contributing to the sound of ‘Attic Thieves’ include Garo Nahoulakian on electric guitar, double bassist Ben Nicholls, Joe Bennett on violin and trumpet, and Rowland Prytherch, mandolin, bass and wayward trombone.

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