British poet Brian Bilston and indie band The Catenary Wires have unveiled a video for Under A Cat, a song from the forthcoming Pets Sounds album, a collection of tunes by various artists singing the praises about their animal mates.
Bilston complains with tongue firmly in his cheek that he could have fixed a lot things - tropical diseases, world peace, or even complete the mundane ask of hoovering the house - had it not been for not wanting to disturb the feline creature sitting on his lap.
HCTF's annual list of the 20 albums that will be in regular rotation for many years to come. As per usual many genres are represented. Here Comes The Flood covers a lot of ground and it shows in this eclectic, final tally. Caveat: only albums that got a review are in these listings. I listen to a lot more music than I have time to write about.
Today: countdown from number 15 to 11.
Please shop at your local record store. Most of the stores have a pretty good website where you can order your stuff. It might even be cheaper than the big ones on the 'net. The folks who work there know their stuff and can recommend artists you might like.
Buy directly from the artist, attend live shows and stop by the merch table. And be sure to tell your friends about that great new act you discovered. Word-of-mouth can't be beat as the prime source to discover new music. Algorithms always play it safe, which is fucking boring.
British poet Brian Bilston and indie band The Catenary Wires have unveiled a video for Might Have, Might Not Have, a romantic love song from their Sounds Made By Humans album.
They used a bit of the Super-8 footage of the trains that will be familiar to those who remember the promo for the first Heavenly single I Fell In Love Last Night. Bilston bought it back then and Amelia Fletcher and Rob Pursey are now the members of The Catenary Wires.
British poet Brian Bilston and indie band The Catenary Wires will be on tour to promote their collaborative album Sounds Made By Humans, so why not create a special song listing all the cities they will visit. No extra credits for getting the reference for No Sleep Till Herne Bay.
British poet Brian Bilston and indie band The Catenary Wires will be on tour to promote their collaborative album Sounds Made By Humans: "Whether it is taking the piss out of the dread trying to land a new job (The Interview), inserting a bucket load of song titles and lyrics snippets into Every Song On The Radio Reminds Me Of You, the arduous task of picking the right songs for a Compilation Cassette, where the only certainty is that there will be no country & western on it, Bilston and The Catenary Wires always find the right words and music to get the message across. If anything, this is an album that takes pity on the shy wallflowers at a party and people trying to cope with a world that has turned into a shapeshifting mess, but there is also room for satire. 31 Rules For Midlife Rebellion proclaims "add more syllables to haiku" and "never wear Ramones T-shirts" and: wait for it: "don't listen to songs in the forms of lists"."
So, if British poet Brian Bilston and indie band The Catenary Wires join forces for an album, will the old adage that the sum is greater than its parts stand up in court? The answer is yes, it bloody well does. Sounds Made By Humans is a record that is filled to the rafters with wit and smart hooks, the words and music playing hide and seek and having a whale of a time together.
Whether it is taking the piss out of the dread trying to land a new job (The Interview), inserting a bucket load of song titles and lyrics snippets into Every Song On The Radio Reminds Me Of You, the arduous task of picking the right songs for a Compilation Cassette, where the only certainty is that there will be no country & western on it, Bilston and The Catenary Wires always find the right words and music to get the message across. If anything, this is an album that takes pity on the shy wallflowers at a party and people trying to cope with a world that has turned into a shapeshifting mess, but there is also room for satire. 31 Rules For Midlife Rebellion proclaims "add more syllables to haiku" and "never wear Ramones T-shirts" and: wait for it: "don't listen to songs in the forms of lists".
British poet Brian Bilston managed to insert a bucket load of song titles and lyrics snippets into Every Song On The Radio Reminds Me Of You, anothr taste from Sounds Made By Humans, the collaborative album he made with indie band The Catenary Wires.
The words of a good song have the ability to make it seem that it was written just for you, for this momentous occassion, or for the joy, anger, grief or what-not you are experiencing right now. It is this phenomenon that Bilston latched onto with great effect to create a catch all tune that everyone can relate to. The band turned into a soft-spoken pop song with plenty of earworm potential.
British poet Brian Bilston and indie band The Catenary Wires have joined forces for an album, Sounds Made By Humans, which will be released via Skep Wax on May 9. Rest assured: this is not a spoken word thing accompanied by incidental music, but a full collaboration. Bilston is a fan of Heavenly, a band that shares a few members with The Catenary Wires, and the band is fan of his poetry.
The lead single, Alexa, What Is There To Know About Love?, will be released officially on March 7, but it can already be heard on Bandcamp. It is a tongue-in-cheek text about people looking for answers for existential questions. Spoiler: technology is not much help in such matters.
English band The Catenary Wires have made a video for Always On My Mind, a track from their latest album Birling Gap: "Getting older and not minding that so much is the main theme on this album that is quintessentially English: stylish pop that will appeal to fans of the Zombies, The Foreign Films and the Sundays. The Catenary Wires are as perfectly balanced as the mathematical curve after which they named themselves".
Always On My Mind will be released as a single on September 3rd. The video was filmed by all five members of the band at their very first post-lockdown rehearsal.
English band The Catenary Wires have made a video for Face On The Rail Line, the first track from their new album Birling Gap: "Getting older and not minding that so much is the main theme on this album that is quintessentially English: stylish pop that will appeal to fans of the Zombies, The Foreign Films and the Sundays. The Catenary Wires are as perfectly balanced as the mathematical curve after which they named themselves".
English indie pop band The Catenary Wires serve up a dish of nostalgia and melancholy on their new album Birling Gap, mixing the melodies of 60s psychedelica and 80s New Wave. Originally a duo comprising of Amelia Fletcher and Rob Pursey they are now a full band that can build intricate songs with spot on vocal harmonies. The songs are like hand-coloured postcards from their travels and adventures. Whether they are singing about feeling a bit lost (Liminal) or trying to make the first move at a dance (Mirrorball), they always find a melody that sounds both familiar and brand new.
Getting older and not minding that so much is the main theme on this album that is quintessentially English: stylish pop that will appeal to fans of the Zombies, The Foreign Films and the Sundays. The Catenary Wires are as perfectly balanced as the mathematical curve after which they named themselves.
English band The Catenary Wires are into nostalgia in a good way. Their new single The Overview Effect is a slice of eigthies pop, with the guitars playing catch and singer Amelia Fletcher riding the crest of the wave with her vocals. A blend of folk and New Wave that flows like a brook on a glorious Summer day. They know it won't last = "can't we stay the same" is a line that shares the sentiment of the theme of their previous single Mirrorball. They should not worry too much atout getting older. This is band that is aging well.
English band The Catenary Wires have made a video for their new single Mirrorball: "[it is a song]" is about feeling awkward during an 80s dance night, with two people checking each other out, not sure how to make the first move. Musically it is a throwback to the heyday of the New Romantics, albeit with an indie twist and the warm sound of a Hammond organ acting as a comfy blanket. Nostalgia abounds, while fully realizing that they are not young anymore".
English band The Catenary Wires started out as a duo. Amelia Fletcher and Rob Pursey bonded over a shared love for melodic pop, something that is still very much part of their sound now that they have teamed up with three other like-minded musicians to form a full band. Their new single Mirrorball is about feeling awkward during an 80s dance night, with two people checking each other out, not sure how to make the first move. Musically it is a throwback to the heyday of the New Romantics, albeit with an indie twist and the warm sound of a Hammond organ acting as a comfy blanket. Nostalgia abounds, while fully realizing that they are not young anymore.
