T
he Singing Loins are back with their elev- enth album, due for release on the 7 Feb- ruary, proving that
genius is nothing more than grit- ted teeth and enduring patience. ‘STUFF’ (Damgood365CD) is the 11th offering of bare-knuck- le folk from the Medway Delta. Their song writing is steeped in the British & European tra- ditions of Punk, Folk, Music Hall, Character, Chorus, Caba- ret, Melodrama & Buffoonery. Ever enduring outsiders, it’s likely they are now the world’s longest serving, truly amateur, original musical group. They’re certainly
the fucking best.
Now the history lesson…Chris Broderick & Chris (Arfur) Al- len started The Loins as a raw, stripped down acoustic duo in 1990 and soon had Medway leg- end Billy Childish in their cor-
ner. He recorded their first two albums live in his bathroom onto a mono Revox tape machine and released them on his Hang- man label. These savage rarities are now swapping hands for big dollars on EBay and are often quoted as major influences by young purveyors of punk/folk. After a couple more self-released albums and a great album with Billy Childish called ‘At The Bridge’ they split in 1999. Af- ter a 6 year lay-off they shook hands and returned in 2005 with a triumphant
comeback
album, ‘Songs To Hear Before You Die’, and a year later were joined by Rob Shepherd, who played junk shop banjo and mandolin on their 2007 album, ’The Drowned Man Resuscita- tor’. Since then the group have gone from strength to strength with full blown sell out tours of Eastern Europe, Germany & France, plenty of American indie
radio plays, and an ever increas- ing fan base all over the world.
Their 10th album ‘Unravelling England’ brought them to the at- tention of the more mainstream press with The Guardian and Mojo both giving very favour- able reviews, we’re expecting even more for the new album.
With ‘Stuff’ it seems their very creative
strength is derived
from ordinary lives of day jobs, families and mortgages. It’s hy- pothetical, of course, but would Morrissey, Bono, Albarn, Mc- Cartney, et al. have continued unabated in the face of such utter indifference? Would they fuck. Perversely un-ambitious, they
remain untainted, un-
corrupted, and above all else, still doing it for the reason they started doing it – Love.
www.
singingloins.co.uk
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