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Bats Feet For A Widow - Turquoise LP
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03/22/2024
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Rough Trade Exclusive. 180 Gram Vinyl, Includes: Playing Cards "Soundwalk Zine" Lyric Sheet Exclusive Shared with State 51. Catalog Number: CON949LPG Color: Turquoise Format: LP UPC: 5057805526278 The UK avant-garde's rising star, Bristol-based multi-instrumentalist Bingo Fury releases his debut album Bats Feet For A Widow via tastemaking label state51. Filled with noir elegance, Bats Feet For A Widow is an album that revels in extremity. The album was recorded in a local church in Bristol, taking inspiration from the musician's complex relationship with his strong religious upbringing. The influence of the church building resonates throughout the album. Bats Feet For A Widow is full of strange experiments, obscure references, offbeat one-liners, heart-breaking sentimentality and surging creativity. At the heart of it all is Bingo Fury's crooning bass vocal, lending a vivid and slyly humorous voice to universal themes of love and pain. Although very much a solo songwriter, Bingo Fury's compositional process relies on contributions from his entire band - bassist Megan Jenkins and drummer Henry Terrett have been playing together since their teens. In one of their various incarnations, they recruited local avant-jazz legend, cornet player Harry 'Iceman' Furniss, with guitarist and percussionist Rafi Cohen later completing the line-up.