Bleak House - Music From The Middle Room [SLNT025]
Welcome inside Bleak House, do take an armchair and settle by the fire. To maintain spirits in this Autumn retreat, the staff are... making noises. Luke's guitar is folding back on itself, flickering and flummoxing, Andy's fingers stumble from slumber around the pianoforte, and Robert's hands dance around in their percussive patter. Rest a while. What's that you say? Knocking? Oh no my dear, don't worry about the cellar. There's nothing in the cellar.
- play_circle_outline pause_circle_outline 1. Highway Acrylic [11:27]
- play_circle_outline pause_circle_outline 2. Barometer [07:10]
- play_circle_outline pause_circle_outline 3. Oil Burner [05:10]
- play_circle_outline pause_circle_outline 4. Insect Trap [01:27]
- play_circle_outline pause_circle_outline 5. Skirting Boards [06:37]
- play_circle_outline pause_circle_outline 6. Antiseptic [01:10]
- play_circle_outline pause_circle_outline 7. Coloured Lead Crayons [07:52]
- play_circle_outline pause_circle_outline 8. Biology Slides [07:37]
- play_circle_outline pause_circle_outline 9. Praise Book [01:33]
- play_circle_outline pause_circle_outline 10. Everything Is Broken, Or Intact [04:08]
- play_circle_outline pause_circle_outline 11. Toy Cupboard [04:33]
- play_circle_outline pause_circle_outline 12. Coloured Lead Fingers [04:19]
The log book tells me the current selections were recorded in 2006, with some additional flourishes pasted in during 2011.
28 Aug 2011
Bleak House
The staff of Bleak House were first engaged in 2001. Amongst their number are Luke Sample (electric guitars, keyboards), Andy Brain (piano, acoustic guitars, keyboards) and Robert Follen (drums, violin, toys). They are often busy with their other creative pursuits as Keshco, to which this may be deemed the sepia-tinged sister. Bleak House recording usually takes place once a year in Exmouth, England, and if you listen carefully you may hear seagulls amidst the shadows.