Another perfect piece of post pastoral folk from
Boat to Row together with a video that, now I’m living in the wilds of Devon,
sparked more than the odd pang of nostalgia for dear old Brum (even if the ‘planners’
are currently doing their level best to screw it up...RIP the ‘ziggurat’).
Over the past few years Boat to Row have been quietly
slipping out one gentle gem after another and Handsome Beats is another
‘string’ of beauty (and the beats), a melancholy masterpiece in fact, “we’re
broken beats so scattered, some end well most of us don’t” sings lead Boatman
Michael King, “so I pull open the curtain on a day when others won’t”. Coming
so soon after the passing of the legend that is Mr Paul Murphy (who I believe
was also an admirer of the band) that’s a line, for me at least, that comes loaded
with added poignancy. Beautiful stuff.
PS: You can catch Boat to Row out on tour in February and March. Dates here!
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