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M G Boulter
Blood Moon
Released 31 Aug 2018
M G Boulter
In the late summer of 2017 singer songwriter M G Boulter and Birmingham string quartet The Froe met at the unique Fishermen’s Chapel by the Thames Estuary in Essex to record a selection of songs that were to become the ‘Blood Moon’ EP.
The main chapel was cleared to make way for microphones and mixing desks and the songs were gradually brought to life amongst the clacking of trains from the London-Southend railway line and the hubbub of the chapel’s community gatherings (all of which are captured on the recordings if you listen close enough).
Opening with the title track, ‘Blood Moon’, the EP is another example of Boulter’s character driven song writing style, vignettes of seemingly unexceptional lives heavy with universal messages. Here you find the helpless Marie “smoking and leaning against a vending machine” and the slurry taxi conversation of ‘The Lie’, “You were right, the party sucked from the conversation down to the punch”. The Froe’s singular arrangements add a counterpoint to Boulter’s missives.
Produced by Andy Bell and released on Hudson Records this EP represents the continuation of a musical collaboration that started during the making of M G Boulter’s 2016 album With Wolves the Lamb Will Lie.
Tracklist
- Blood Moon•
- Frances Forlorn•
- The Lie•
- Giving up the Ghost•
- Night Driving•
- Soft Light
Credits
- M G Boulter Vocals, Guitars and Lap Steel Guitar
- Helen Bell Violin and Viola
- Charlie Wild Violin
- Emma Capp Cello
- Paul Ambrose Double Bass and Electric Bass
- Lizzy O’Connor Backing Vocals
- Tom Lenthall Keyboards
- Andy Bell Producer
- Dean Honer Mastering
- Jack Burrell Artwork
