The Blue Ship "The Executioner's Lover"

Country: UK
Sub Genre: Avant Art Rock
Release date: March 8, 2013
Tracklist: 
1.Half Life 03:59
2.Love Everlasting 06:17
3.The Breathing World 04:54
4.Out of the Stars and Into the Sand 08:48
5.The Parting of the Ways 07:45
6.The Horror 07:34
7.Something to Hide from Each Other 05:29
8.Blood and Guts 05:31
9.Aging Madonna 04:52
10.They Know Not What They Do 04:34
11.An Impossible Task 07:00
12.The Executioner's Lover 19:10
         a) What Boiling Arms of Whales and Babes 05:31
         b) The Victim 03:05
         c) The Winds that Drug the Farm 04:34
         d) The Moon Stops Speaking 06:00

Line-up: 
Paul Napier - vocals, guitar, piano, Mellotron
Ross Fleming - accordion
Simon Cottrell - bass
Aaron McGregor - violin
Daniel Paterson - violin
Roy Shearer - drums, percussion
   With
Robert Anderson - cello (1-11)
Emma Peebles - viola (1-11)
David Munn - cello (12)
Sharlotte Penketh - viola (12)
Tim Quick - trumpet
Martin Fell - alto sax
Scott Murphy - tenor sax
Geoff Allan - pops, saw

Description/Reviews: 

Too atonal for pop, too catchy for the avant-guarde, too vulgar for the classical elite, too highbrow for punks, too intelligent for idiots, too idiotic for intellectuals, the Blue Ship defies classification.

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