Pumajaw - Favourites

After the critically acclaimed release of Pumajaw’s “Curiosity Box” (FIRECD115) comes a retrospective of the first 4 albums by Pinkie Maclure and John Wills (Pumajaw). These 14 gems that make up “Favourites” have been hand-picked by Pumajaw, highlighting their incredibly productive and creative collaboration for the past 10 years, from the self produced albums. ‘From Memorial Crossing’ (2000) was recorded in an abandoned school in Tottenham, London and features versions of songs by Tom Waits, Artie Shaw and David Lynch. ‘This Day and Age’ (2002) uses samples from 1920s cabaret records, field recordings from the Outer Hebrides and John’s hypnotic rhythms as a foil for Pinkie’s most expressive vocal explorations. ions. ‘Cat’s Cradle’ (2004) is a blend of folk melodies and soulful electronica, featuring concertina and psychedelic guitar. ‘Becoming Pumajaw’ (2006) throws some French chanson into the mix (Jacques Brel’s La Chanson des Vieux Amants), along with an untraditional versions of traditional folk songs, psychedelic guitar wig-outs, concertina and darkly humorous laments Pumajaw are a duo that weave, multi-octave voice with looped guitar, mandolin, samples, concertina and hypnotic rhythms, they have their own seductive sound that defies categorization and stretches from psychedelic pop through sultry folk songs to eerie, cacophonous, trance-inducing laments. ‘Pinkie Maclure & John Wills are the earthen woodland fantasists to Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan's seafarers' NME /  ‘Pumajaw links Loop 's ethereal wash of guitar with trance-like folk, held together by Maclure's disarmingly seductive voice.' Uncut  / ‘Wills is a highly accomplished player and his use of loops and samples created a wall of sound that a full-blown band might struggle to craft.Sometimes growling, other times hauntingly angelic, Maclure’s voice was always utterly engaging and the way she handles the concertina would make the knees of grown men tremble.’ The Herald / ‘The bewitching Pumajaw are one of the Scottish music scene's most exotic animals,’ The Scotsman /

Tracks : 1.Sorcery 2.The Swings 3.Weird Light 4.The Bending Wood 5.Frozen In Sleep 6.Buttons 7.We Spin 8.Stranded 9.Downstream 10.I Take The Long Way Round 11.Harbour Song 12.Outside It Blows 13.In a broken dream 14.Camouflage.

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