The August List are West Country husband-and-wife duo, Kerraleigh & Martin Child and their second album is called 'Ramshackle Tabernacle' which, is released on the 5th May through Ubiquity Project Records.
On hearing this album for the first time, it’s like being transported to a wild desolate Americana landscape where songs come from deep down in the soul and are sung with passion. The band ‘Mount Moriah' comes to mind as a comparison. These are songs to be sung on a road trip through the Colorado Desert even though they were recorded at the Strawhouse Studios in Oxford!
Just nine songs, the album does, come round to a more British landscape vibe mid-way through on ‘Connie Converse” a true account of the 1950's singer songwriter who became disillusioned and vanished and to this day, no-one knows what happened to her.
The harmony of the two voices are pitched just right and there is a host of instrumentation, Kerraleigh - Vocals/ Harmonicas/ Percussion/ Stylophone and Martin - Acoustic & Electric Guitar / Vocals/ Banjo/ Percussion. Never over the top, this is a finely balanced record that by any logic, should see The August List playing many a festival this summer.
Pete
9/11
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Dates
Friday May 12th, London, Harrison Bar
Saturday 13th, Oxford, The Cellar
Friday May 26th, Reading, Rising Sun Arts Centre