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A Brief History
Mike
Seed has slowly been ploughing out his own musical route in
his own imitable and slightly strange way for 15 years now,
effortlessly shifting from the downright strange and experimental
to glorious pop songs and to what you'd call very dark folk
and back again... and more often than not all within the same
song. 1991-1994 - Ways of Stephen
Ways of Stephen were a Lo-Fi Psychedelic Country Folk Rock Pop band, go and visit the site to listen to about 50 or so of
their songs.
1991-2 ish - the shambelahs.
Demented Ron Johnson/Fire Engines/Bogshed/Cud/The Fall type band from the 80's. Ask him nicely and he'll
send you a disc.
1993-Present - The
Phantom Carriage.
Heaps of tape albums with Simon.
'Late Comers' album with Simon, The Palace Lido and Buggane.
'Skull Exposed to March Rain' album with The Palace Lido and Grinning Ape.
Solo stuff:-
1991 ish 'Ow That Hurts' and 'Bob's New Potatoes'
These tape albums are either evidence of insanity or a creative
outlet to avoid it, depending on your point of view.
After Ways of Stephen Mike retreated under the stairs and
played saxophone....
Then
releasing:-
2000 - Passing Trade album
2002 - Rookwood Dream album
2003 - Passing Into Mystery album
2004 - A Boy Mistaken For A Crow album
All released on Mike's own Skimpy Records.
2005 - Songs For The Wintering Show Troupe compilation album
2006 - [goodbyejuly] album
2008 - Aether Blues album
All released on SVC Records.
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SVC-016 - March 2008
'Aether Blues' |
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01. The Brightest Face
02. Single Step Blues
03. Ghost Clothes
04. Coins in a Tin
05. A Flock of Wrong
06. Thorn and Flower
07. The Dark Wide Smile
08. Aether Blues
09. 365 Heavens Descending And Then The Earth
10. The Quartered Moon
11. Knives, Forks, Spoons
12. My Folded Arm
13. Bind Your Hair
14. Rosehips
15. The Inland Waterways Association
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CD (UK)
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SVC-008 - May 2006
'[goodbyejuly]' |
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01. Calf Sound Jingle
02. Lee Harwood
03. Cernunnos
04. Grantchester Meadows
05. Katie King
06. Another Yarn
07. Look Everybody Look
08. Bay Leaves
09. Twelve Lines
10. [goodbyejuly]
11. Io
12. Back Soon
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SVC-001 - Aug. 2005
'Songs For The Wintering Show Troupe' |
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01.
Putting
The Fountain To Sleep
02. After The Seance
03. School
04. Holy Nightmare
05. This World Is Passing Away
06. The Road Of The Black Division
07. Winter Jasmine
08. The Devil In The Melody
09. Jack Frost Blues
10. The Place Of Rest
11. High Water Mark
12. Well, It Won't
13. Chapel Lane
14. Summer Sleep
15. Burying A Hare
16. William
In A Trance
17. Goodnight Irene |
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Show Troupe' now in glorious 256kbps for £3.00 complete with full artwork.
Or alternatively
Buy at iTunes Music Store for £7.99
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Seed
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Reviews
"Takes folk music to a very dark, gloriously lo-fi and fantastic place indeed"
@ 17 Seconds
"Dark uneasy and on edge... there is not much like this around!"
"One of the darkest, most fucked up weird folk records I’ve heard in a while"
@ Hoodlum
Tribe
"This is a deeply moving, often harrowing collection of fiercely lo-fi folk music, and as such, nothing short of a minor masterpiece"
@ Comes
With A Smile
"The vague themes of darkness and solitude that Seed explores musically and lyrically on this release seem forced and unnatural"
@ Foxy Digitalis
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