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| Before I start I feel it’s important for me to confess that my knowledge of poetry comes from GCSE English a few years ago and as a result my only comparison is the words of Carol Ann Duffy et al. After listening to Tenebrous Mitchell though, associating the poetry with that of Simon Armitage just seems, well, wrong, because whilst Armitage worked best in trying to make light of grim situations, Tenebrous Mitchell are just grim. |
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Tenebrous Mitchell is a collaboration between Scottish poet Gerry Mitchell and Steve Gullick’s solo project Tenebrous, and much like Politics, Quantum Physics and American sports, I knew pretty much nothing about either of them. It turns out that Steve Gullick is a very famous music photographer and Gerry Mitchell is a, er, Scottish poet.
‘The Nite Is Sleeping In’ sets the mood for the rest of the album. It’s all vocal, no music and talks of ‘proper cunts’ and ‘over pampered automated fucks’, I’m not quite sure what it all means but it’s probably not nice and I love it anyway, probably due to Mitchell’s broad Scottish accent (anyone who knows me will know how much I love a good Scottish accent). The rest of the album combines Gullick’s sparse, dark, brooding sounds with Mitchell’s loud and harsh poetry and eerie singing. The track ‘Nightingale’ is the album’s high point, Mitchell’s drone coupled with Gullick’s menacing composition makes for a superb track that could easily be found on a Neurosis or Kayo Dot album.
The whole work has a very British feel to it; I can imagine walking around the estates of Glasgow or Newcastle listening to Tenebrous Mitchell. I’m not exaggerating when I say that The Havering could be one of the most frightening and depressing albums you ever hear, but hear it you must. Now, where’s my teddy bear?
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| James Bunce - 8/10 |
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Dan
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09/07/07 | Reply
When ah haver, well ah know ah'm gonnae be, ah'm gonnae be the man who's haverin' to you
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James B
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15/07/07 | Reply
Jesus. It's taken me 6 days to place that line.
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