The Marble Downs

Folk · 2012 · 10 tracks · 48m

The Marble Downs

Trembling Bells

A collision of Glasgow psych-folk and Appalachian soul. Operatic soaring meets a weathered baritone across ten tracks of baroque, restless pastoral rock.

April 6, 2012 · Honest Jon's Records

A grand, theatrical exploration of longing and mortality through a pastoral lens.

Tracklist · 10 Tracks · 48m

01

I Made a Date (with an Open Vein)

6:34

02

I Can Tell You’re Leaving

4:36

03

Ferrari in a Demolition Derby

4:14

04

Ain’t Nothing Wrong With a Little Longing

6:55

05

Excursions Into Assonance

4:22

06

Every Time I Close My Eyes (We’re Back There)

5:50

07

Love Is a Velvet Noose

3:39

08

My Husband’s Got No Courage in Him

2:16

09

Riding

3:12

10

Lord Bless All

6:44

Moments Worth Listening For

the startling contrast when Oldham's cracked baritone first meets Blackwall's glass-shattering soprano on the opening track

the chaotic, jazz-inflected drum fills that disrupt the traditional folk structure of track four

the haunting, stripped-back vulnerability of the traditional cover My Husband's Got No Courage in Him

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