Elegy No. 1 (Major Harvey's Song) is based on an incident early in the engagement at Jutland, when Admiral Beatty's flagship, HMS Lion, came under heavy fire. Major Harvey of the Royal Marines was commander of a gun turret on the Lion, which was destroyed by enemy shelling. His quick reactions prevented fire from spreading to the magazine where the ammunition was stored. Harvey died, along with most of the turret crew, but the Lion was saved from destruction. 

Singer - Louise Bloor (aka Wese Eats Cake) 
Written, played and recorded by Tom Bloor

This song is track 5 of Near Run Thing's Jutland Sound, a collection of original songs written and recorded to mark the centenary of the Battle of Jutland, 31st May - 1st June 1916. 

5. Elegy No. 1 (Major Harvey's Song)

This song imagines the grieving voices of mermaids of the Orkney islands who have fallen in love with sailors of the Grand Fleet lost in the Battle of Jutland. 

Singer - Louise Bloor (aka Wease Eats Cake)
Written, played and recorded by Tom Bloor

This is the second track from Near Run Thing's Jutland Sound, a collection of songs inspired by the centenary of the Battle of Jutland, 31st May - 1st June 1916.

2. Tears Of Scapa Flow

This song imagines the voices of mermaids diving down to the rust-covered wrecks of Jutland and then travelling back through time, one hundred years, to the eve of the Battle of Jutland, the biggest sea battle ever fought by surface vessels, 31st May - 1st June 1916.

Singer - Louise Bloor (aka Wease Eats Cake)
Written, played and recorded by Tom Bloor

This is the opening track from Near Run Thing's Jutland Sound, a collection of songs inspired by the centenary of the Battle of Jutland, 31st May - 1st June 1916.

1. Five And Sixty Fathoms Pt 1

This version of the song Jack Cornwell from the Jutland Sound collection is an acoustic mix of the original recording with a new vocal harmony line added. This is closer to the version we performed live at the event on 2nd June 2016 to rename a Leyton park after Jack Cornwell, a young sailor and holder of the Victoria Cross, who came from the local area and was killed at the Battle of Jutland in 1916. The event marked the 100th anniversary of his death.

Lead vocal - Louise Bloor
Written, played and recorded by Tom Bloor

Artwork by Jo Bloor

Jack Cornwell Acoustic Harmony Mix

The Flower Maker's Walk by Jennifer Murray and Tom Bloor

This music was written and recorded to serve as walk-in music for the one-woman show The Flower Maker's Tale, which will receive its first performance on 30th June 2018 at the From The Forest Festival in Waltham Forest, London with Louise Bloor as the flower maker. 

Jennifer Murray - Oboe, Cor Anglais

Tom Bloor - Acoustic guitar, ukulele, brushed snare, keyboard drums, shop bell, flower maker's hand-tools, recorded sound.   

Home recorded in London, May 2018.

The Flower Makers Walk

Demo for in-development show Lullabye For a Grim City. 
- March 2020

Grim City Life Demo

Demo for in-development show Lullabye For A Grim City - March 2020

Song Of The Billies Demo

Song demo for a new show - Lullabye for a Grim City - currently in development.

Lullabye Finale Demo

Demo for in-development show Lullabye For A Grim City - April 2020

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Demo for music to an in-development show: Lullaby for a Grim City.

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Company behind plays THE FLOWER MAKER'S TALE,  NIGHT ON THE FIELD OF WATERLOO and JELLICOE'S DISPATCH OR MERMAIDS OF JUTLAND and the song collection JUTLAND SOUND.

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