Check out new music from Pissabed Prophet and Steve Scott issued today:
New Pissabed Prophet track Hornet is taken from their upcoming mini album Apple. Apple is a micro-album of songs grown from the seed of Waspdrunk (a track on Pissabed Prophet's self-titled debut album) which releases December 1, 2023. Pre-order Apple here: https://pissabedprophet.bandcamp.com/album/apple. Read my review of Pissabed Prophet here.Rev Simpkins from Pissabed Prophet will be in concert, Friday 17 November, 7.00 pm, at St Andrew’s Church, 11 London Road, Wickford SS12 0AN. No ticket required – donations requested on the night. Suffolk-Essex musician, Rev Simpkins, presents an evening of acoustic music of great imagination and charm, inspired by the history and geography of East Anglia. The Rev will perform songs from his acclaimed folk albums Big Sea and Saltings, before his band Pissabed Prophet, formed with Dingus Khan’s Ben Brown and Nick Daldry, takes to the stage to play their first ever acoustic set. The Rev’s sweeping melodies, rich harmonies, and fascinating lyrics have won him both a cult following and national acclaim. This is a rare chance to experience the breadth of the Rev’s work in one evening.
Upon completing art school in the mid-1970’s, Steve Scott moved to the United States at the request of a small record label and began recording songs. He now has eleven albums of original work released on several small independent labels. The work ranges from rock music to more experimental poetry and spoken word, performed over electronic loop based compositions.
Each poem is accompanied by subtly haunted tones that reinforce the presence of something more than Scott’s words. There are extended moments beyond the words that seem to invite reflection and internalization – as if the sounds that swirl around Scott mimic the role of Virgil leading Dante through the Inferno, Purgatory, and ultimately, Paradise.
I worked with Steve, through commission4mission, to organize some of the different `Run with the Fire’ art exhibitions and events held in and around London, during the Olympic summer of 2012. You can learn more about `Run With The Fire’ by clicking here, here, and here.
His latest album “The Way Of The Sevenfold Secret” is a cycle based on a 1926 booklet by Lilias Trotter, a British artist and a Protestant missionary to Algeria. “Secret” begins with a pair of set pieces that read like memories as much as they do poems. The remainder of the album works through seven movements (plus an epilogue) that mirror Trotter’s writing.
Each poem is accompanied by subtly haunted tones that reinforce the presence of something more than Scott’s words. There are extended moments beyond the words that seem to invite reflection and internalization – as if the sounds that swirl around Scott mimic the role of Virgil leading Dante through the Inferno, Purgatory, and ultimately, Paradise.
I worked with Steve, through commission4mission, to organize some of the different `Run with the Fire’ art exhibitions and events held in and around London, during the Olympic summer of 2012. You can learn more about `Run With The Fire’ by clicking here, here, and here.
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Steve Scott - Rainbows At Midnight.
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