This is our cover of The Church's damn fine tune 'Under the Milky Way', recorded live around one mic. 
Guitar arrangement by Kinch Kinski, lead vocals by Lou Pine. The vocals are a little bit soft, but they make up for it by being so purty.

Under The Milky Way (The Church) © Steve Kilbey

We released this sneak peek to our excellent Facebook fans when we were trying to pull together our first EP back in 2013. Spoiler: we got there in the end and launched it. 

Knotted pine is the last track on the EP and sounds quite a bit different to this (totally in a good way). Check out the final recorded version at burntletters.bandcamp.com/track/knotted-pine

Knotted pine (sneak peek)

Hello there, Kinch here,

I woke up the other night, and all the doors in my house were open. I went around and closed them, and then went to check on my 4-year-old daugher. Her bed was empty. I went into a tailspin of panic and dread and ran to my bedroom, where I found her curled up asleep with her mum - she'd snuck in while I was closing the doors. I couldn't sleep until dawn thinking about what my world would be like if my only child was gone. Then, because it's how I process things, I wrote a song about it putting my fears into the head of some poor fictional character who was just going about his day.

Lou gave some perfect feedback on the initial draft of the song that led me to overhaul and improve it, and the harmony line she's written is just perfect. Hope you enjoy it!

Regards,
Kinch

Requiem

The first single from Burnt letters' debut EP. Out April 5th.

Features singers from the Melbourne Mass Gospel Choir.

Talk to you

A little treat for y'all in the lead up to the launch. This is the third song from our EP, called 'Sweet Face'. You can download it for free because we love you.

Oh and this is 'as heard on PBS 106.7 - yay!


Sweet face

We did this track for one of our amazing Pozible supporters. Roberta Flack's famous 1960s version is so iconic we thought it would be pointless to try and replicate it, so we passed it through a hillbilly matrix and this is what came out!

Written by Ewan McColl 1957; arranged by Burnt letters 2014
Vox and guit by Kinch Kinski
Vox and charisma by Lou Pine
Recorded and mixed by Aaron Dobos

The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (Roberta Flack cover)

We arranged and recorded this track for one of our amazing Pozible supporters. It's the kind of song we would have wanted to cover even if nobody ever asked us to. If you've never listened to the lyrics properly, we recommend it: the vulnerability in them breaks our hearts again and again. 

Written by Lou Reed 1972; arranged by Burnt letters 2014
Vox and guit by Kinch Kinski
Vox and charisma by Lou Pine
Recorded and mixed by Aaron Dobos

Perfect Day (Lou Reed cover)

Knocked out a reverby cover of this Cat Stevens classic and thought we'd share it

Tea For The Tillerman - Cat Stevens cover

Burnt letters is a Melbourne-based alt-country and blues outfit formed in 2013. Debut EP out April 5th.

Burnt letters started its life as a recording project. In late 2013 Kinch Kinski asked writer and singer Lou Pine to compose and sing harmonies for a new EP. 

The project quickly took on a life of its own, with other musicians getting in on the act, a pozible campaign, and plans for gigs, tours, manic dancing, and world domination.

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