Name: Blood, Fish and Bone
Brand: Paul Armfield

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4260187720078

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Limited edition

Release date

2010-04-20

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Paul Armfield

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Folk

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recorded almost entirely live over four days using mostly home-made valve equipment this is very much a departure from paul's first two polished albums. only one of his band the four good reasons is present here- his long-term multi-instrumentalist sidekick jc grimshaw, joined by joan baez's erstwhile guitarist adam kirk, and the universally respected rupert brown on percussion, tape-loops and production, all playing with such subtlety they are less a band, more a textured surface to lay around paul's rich voice. here also are the scratches, creaks and rumbles that seldom make it to record, but here provide an integral part of the performance. paul loves the freedom and the danger of performing alone and all the songs here were written with that in mind as solo pieces, just him and his guitar, he says when he tours solo later this year it will be a huge relief not to be carrying his double bass and a hammond organ around europe (although he will still struggle to justify his musical-saw as hand-luggage). so why blood, fish and bone? paul says that blood is family and friends, fish is his sense of place as he is surrounded by water on his home on the isle of wight, and bone is our mortality, and together they represent growth. themes that feature heavily on this poetic and contemplative album.

Blood, Fish and Bone

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