Ham Legion's BRAND NEW EP was actually recorded rather a long time ago. These tunes date from a time when Sam was playing drums, when Emily was still in the band on guitar/vocals and when Mikey was but a twinkle in his father's eye.

Butters The Beast

Carry It

Floppsie

Renege

Ham Legion's first ever recordings. Made on a knackered old 8 track cassette machine with only four mics that might as well have been made out of elastic bands and cardboard. Only a handful of CD copies were ever made. Now remastered, repackaged and available to you thanks to Bouffant Records. Cat. No. BR004CD. Out as a double release and available at a bargain price with the Counting to Ten EP.

Dunces Cap

It's Winnie!

Hexes And Stew

This hand wipes off dust layers have gathered on the furniture wood
Cool shards of light cut down
Dancing and swirling in the history
History

Glass panes hung with the weight of the moments they’ve watched in on
Shimmers of afternoon hold in the parlour

Silt falls gently

This hand wipes off salt from the shoulders underneath him
Five days and there they are dancing and swirling

Silt falls gently

Wake late and we gather with the family and drink
Shower each other in the glitter ah
Wake late and we gather with the family and drink
Shower each other in the glitter ah

Pass me the parcel and crown me
Unwrap it
Pass me the parcel and crown me
Unwrap it

Tangles of the hair wrapped round their lips 
Tinsel threads are tied into a noose
First bird sings we can be well this year
Come back home
Come back home

Come back home
There’s frost on the spider webs
I’ll make tea – we can eat it on our laps
Come back home
I’ve been walking by the sea
Come back home
Come back home

It's Winnie

Sam Clarke - Guitar, vocals
Nick Howiantz - Bass, vocals, keyboards
Mikey Parsons - Drums, vocals
Emily Sands - Vocals

Music and words by Nick Howiantz

Recorded at Brixton Hill Studios. Produced, engineered and mixed by Nick Howiantz

Mastered by Mark Cawthra at The Infallible Ear

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Georgie Porgie

Bursting with beaming up beat power pop, grinding grunge and dramatic changes of mood. Ham Legion's compact mini-epics dive through all this into sudden passages of twisting, complex prog back to the Englishness of 60s pop, punk and new wave, then to occasional moments of restrained delivery and somber reflection. A bizarre but compelling mish-mash of styles and influences in bite sized chunks.

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