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Blue Coat

The Strange Wave

A reinterpretation of a Martin Carthy interpretation of an auld song from the Child ballad collection. Recorded onto tape in 2013 whilst my computer was out of action...

Geordie

Also recorded during the computer free days of mid 2013, a very sad song written by local legend, John Richards. Similar in theme to Geordie, it's about a man who is forced to steal in order to provide for his family and treated like shit for doing so by the powers that be. Frighteningly pertinent.

Polly

Garden Echoes

The Following

Busta Rhymes came round my house one day in the mid noughties and recited the lyrics to 'Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See' over a little happy/sad tune I'd just made. True Story (not really obvs).

Busta Rhymes - Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See ( Ben Holton's version)

A bonus track on the Japanese issue of The Village Compass. Not like anything I'm currently working on but still a favourite of mine, I must say...

So, You Follow the Painful Crowd

Rainy day pop and haunted acoustics from one half of post pop duo epic45 and co-founder of Wayside & Woodland Recordings. 

My Autumn Empire

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