专辑简介

The story of this release goes back to a brief exchange between Owl Service main man Steven Collins and Alison O'Donnell (of the legendary Irish prog-folk group Mellow Candle) on a social networking website in the Spring of 2007. "The Fabric of Folk" is a collision between two ages of folk-rock; Alison was intrigued by the sound of The Owl Service, Steven had been in awe of "Swaddling Songs" for many years and so a collaboration seemed inevitable. "Fabric..." contains two original Collins/O'Donnell compositions (one with lyrics penned by Dominic Cooper of the Straw Bear Band), a short instrumental interlude, and two traditional reworkings. The original songs bookend the EP in perfect fashion and Alison's treatment of the traditional material in between is masterful. From the ominous opening track "The Wooden Coat" to the epic finale "The Fabric of Life", the listener is taken on a journey through themes of life and death, all handled with a pathos and poignancy so rarely heard in modern folk music. "A Fabric of Folk" is out now on CD via Static Caravan and it will be released in on vinyl (limited edition of 500 copies) on February 23rd 2009 by Midwich Records.

Coming soon... the first release from our new side-project, The Trysting Tree which is a mini-album entitled "Midnight House" containing experimental, esoteric tracks inspired by WF Harvey's collection of ghost stories recorded with Laura Hulse; a 3" CD of instrumental Winter songs entitled "The Curry Wren"; the second full-length Owl Service album, for which recording has just begun under the working title "The Pattern Beneath the Plough".