Description:	7" on Static Caravan
	Format:	7" (vinyl)
	Genre(s):	Folk/Folk Rock
	Label:	Static Caravan
	Price:	£3.09
	Availability:	Sold out / currently unavailable. Sorry!

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...according to our Maggie on 28 June 2007.

Starless & Bible Black with " Up With The Orchadian Tide". Which seems slow for a 7". I'm so used to songs belting out on smaller vinyl because they've got so little time to make and impact. Quite refreshing if I could hear it over the rising bestiality conversation that is thundering around the office. Ok its on again. Sweet delicate vocals float over drifty guitars in a traditional verse/chorus set up. B-side's got some Elliot Smith vocal lines. nice harmonies. On biddy bad boy Static Caravan.

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What their label says...

Fronted by French-born chanteuse Hélène Gautier, the Manchester-based trio Starless & Bible Black create music from well within the progressive British folk-rock tradition carved by Pentangle or Fairport Convention-- they draw upon any number of intertwined traditions simultaneously. informed by Appalachian folk, downtempo jazz, Middle English pastoralism, and smoky continental balladry. Taking their name from Dylan Thomas' radio play Under Milkwood and not-- likely to the dismay of prog-rock zealots-- from the King Crimson album title, Starless & Bible Black perform each of their stylistic shifts with an effortless agility, resulting in a collection that captivates primarily through its graceful, almost nonchalant simplicity. The group's three core musicians each brings something unique to the discussion, all the better to help differentiate the group's sound in an overrun folk-rock market. Guitarist and home-studio recluse Peter Philipson plays with a clean, deftly syncretic style derived from British folk pioneers Davy Graham and Bert Jansch, Gautier's appealing vocals slip almost invisibly between English and French, recalling Sandy Denny's more delicate work with Fairport as well as homespun contemporaries like Lois Maffeo or Ida's Elizabeth Mitchell. Most intriguing, however, are the contributions of multi-instrumentalist Raz Ullah, whose idiosyncratic electronic drones, tape loops, and samples supply these songs with a crucial undercurrent of drama and dissonanceAfter releasing their first EP on their own Timbreland Recordings label, the band was spotted by Chicago based Locust Music. A new single is due for release on Static Caravan in June 2007, with a vinyl edition of their debut also finally due out at the same time, coinciding with Festival dates that are set to engage a new audience with the band. The Green man , Supersonic , Moseley Folk ,  Shhh and  Edinburgh festivals are all ready lined up for this summer. Starless & Bible Black have played with Espers, The Earlies, Marissa Nadler, Ella Guru, Herman Dune and The Broken Family Band over the past year. The three core members also run the Timbreland Recordings label releasing material by artists such Nancy Elizabeth Cunliffe, The New Hawks, Josephine Oniyama and Little Pebble amongst others. For fans of  like minded folk such as the  The Earlies,  Espers, Voice of the Seven Woods, Galaxie 500 and of course Pentangle