There Were Wolves
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The phrase "folk-supergroup" is enough to send shivers through the most optimistic of hearts, bringing to mind extended lute solos and an excess of hey nonny no's,
however with THE ACCIDENTAL we are luckily in safer hands.
Take the man behind THE MEMORY BAND and co-founder of Trunk Records (Stephen Cracknell), the twisted songwriter from TUNNG main man (Sam Genders), one half of FENCE COLLECTIVE duo THE BICYCLE THIEVES (Hannah Caughlin) and singer-songwriter Liam Bailey. Put them in front of a PC and add occasional input from guests including harpist Serafina Steer, Lisa Knapp, and various members of the ELYSIAN QUARTET and The Memory Band.
The outcome is new collective THE ACCIDENTAL and their beguiling album ‘There Were Wolves'.
The record is warm, personal and intimate and less disguised in its folkiness than either Cracknell or Genders's main projects. Within this, new influences have crept in, such as Liam's soul and reggae edge and Hannah's jazz-influenced vocals. The album also gave Cracknell (who handled the programming)a chance to experiment with vocal and instrumental loops and layers, inspired, in part,
by PANDA BEAR and ANIMAL COLLECTIVE.
The opening track "Knock Knock" - one of the most truly collaborative songs on the album - sets the tone, with joint lead vocals from Genders and Caughlin and mysteriously chilling instrumental loops complimenting Sam's lyrics about "the fox in the attic". Elsewhere, "Wolves" is about "predatory blokes getting drunk and chasing girls," the upbeat "I Can Hear Your Voice" is about thrill of meeting someone new and love song "Jaw Of A Whale" is dreamily beautiful. Cracknell's "Time And Space" closes the album, and was written as an imagined conversation with his newborn niece. In this instance, and throughout the rest of CD, the presence of four very different voices and songwriters is wholly felt.
"There's that great thing that happens when you collaborate," says Genders. "You get something that you wouldn't have been able to do alone, and it's almost as if it appears out of nowhere."
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