Mike and Cara Gangloff (both of Pelt and Black Twig Pickers fame) seem to have a compulsive attitude to recording and releasing some iteration of the “down-home folk with a psych twist” album. In some sort of brief pause between Pelt and Twig Picking duties, their co-conspirator Nathan Bowles has gone off and done a solo album, so Mr. Gangloff has upped the bid and assembled a triptych of goodness.
Hot on the heels of his solo effort Poplar Hollow and the sublimeMelodies for a Savage Fix he recorded with Steve Gunn, both Gangloffs are now offering up Black Ribbon of Death, Silver Thread of Life via MIE Records on November 3.
As opposed to the knee-slapping solo album and the far-out Gunn collaboration, Black Ribbon of Death, Silver Thread of Life is promised as being stripped back, gut-wrenching folk, with a couple of traditional standards thrown in for good measure.
Because Pelt crew can’t help but collaborate, they’ll also be performing a super showcase in London on November 16 that will see Pelt being supported by solo sets from each member of the band. Love-in ahoy! More details are here.
• Mike Gangloff: http://www.klang.org/artists/7-mike-gangloff
• MIE: http://www.miemusic.co.uk
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