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What They Do

Whalebone

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Whalebone’s 9th album, recorded over two years and featuring 12 tracks that are all inspired by our immediate surroundings. From Holaweg - a tune about a local holloway leading down to a reservoir not far from our studio, Willowherb dedicated the wild flower that becomes so prolific during late summers in the field next to us and the happiest tune

Whalebone’s 9th album, recorded over two years and featuring 12 tracks that are all inspired by our immediate surroundings. From Holaweg - a tune about a local holloway leading down to a reservoir not far from our studio, Willowherb dedicated the wild flower that becomes so prolific during late summers in the field next to us and the happiest tune we’ve ever recorded ‘Mellow’. The title ‘What They Do’ came from Richard Powers’ amazing book The Overstory.

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    Hola Weg 2:21
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    Carding Mill Valley 2:21
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    Litha 3:42
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    Eliza 5:00
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    The Sound of Silence 3:33
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    Willowherb 2:21
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    Oh My Sweet Carolina 2:51
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    What the Land Remembers 2:50
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    Upstream 2:43
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    Anamnesis 3:36
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    Where Rivers Meet 2:12
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    Mellow 2:24
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The Bare Bones

The Bare Bones

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The first album release for The Bare Bones. 16 tracks recorded over two years featuring dreamlike melodies, ethereal accompaniments, and meditative cinematic soundscapes.

As the pandemic turned ours, and everyone else’s worlds upside down, and with all live gigs cancelled, we shut ourselves in our little studio, picked up our guitars and began to

The first album release for The Bare Bones. 16 tracks recorded over two years featuring dreamlike melodies, ethereal accompaniments, and meditative cinematic soundscapes.

As the pandemic turned ours, and everyone else’s worlds upside down, and with all live gigs cancelled, we shut ourselves in our little studio, picked up our guitars and began to play. As a warm Spring became a glorious early Summer, and birdsong and the drowsy hum of bees filled the air, time seemed to stand still around the studio. And reflecting all this, our music started to evolve in response. As we followed the music where it led us, this new ambient side to Whalebone felt deserving of its own distinct identity, and so our dreamy, chilled out alter egos The Bare Bones came into being.

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    Compass 2:58
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    Before Times 2:36
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    Sometimes We Fall 2:27
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    The Waves Within Us 2:19
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    The Afterglow 2:47
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    Lavender 2:12
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    Exile 4:33
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    Clay and Salt 2:19
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    True Story 2:53
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    Falling Light 2:12
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    Stones 2:24
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    Inward Migrations 2:40
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    Stillness 2:10
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    Homestead 2:30
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    What Led Us Here 2:30
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    Letting Go 2:15
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Totally Plucked

Whalebone

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Totally Plucked is Whalebone’s first guitar duo album since There to Here. Featuring 14 tracks covering a wide range of musical moods, from the rollicking traditional tunes from the Totally Plucked tour to more reflective pieces, the album showcases steel and nylon string guitars along with mandolin, bouzouki, tenor guitar, bass, shruti box and

Totally Plucked is Whalebone’s first guitar duo album since There to Here. Featuring 14 tracks covering a wide range of musical moods, from the rollicking traditional tunes from the Totally Plucked tour to more reflective pieces, the album showcases steel and nylon string guitars along with mandolin, bouzouki, tenor guitar, bass, shruti box and low whistle.

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    The Beautiful Goretree 2:34
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    Mauchline's Farewell 3:05
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    Scarborough Fair 2:39
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    The Otter's Holt 4:05
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    Ghosts of Trees 3:04
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    Bright Light of the Day 3:22
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    Hoping for a Miracle 3:32
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    The Blackbird Medley 6:50
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    Follow the River 2:18
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    Nebraska 3:14
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    Hag of the Churn / Gallagher's Frolics 3:50
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    Almost Green 3:08
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    Hiraeth (Guitar) 3:38
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    All the Way Home 4:30
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Mirabilia

Whalebone

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'One of the best albums I have heard in many, many a long year.' Gary Hazlehurst's Folk Show. 'Mirabilia' is defined as 'items of inexplicable origin or form’, reflecting the diverse inspirations and genres that are evident in the music.

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    Chalk Heart 3:50
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    Momentum 4:39
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    Thynge 2:42
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    Butterfly 4:43
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    Hiraeth 5:50
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    Bedrock 4:58
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    Mouse 16 4:25
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    Echoes 4:51
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    Holding Aces 4:31
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    Lost Borders 3:23
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    Floodplains 6:33
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    Pure 2:48
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As Turn the Seasons

Whalebone

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This album traces the seasons from Spring through to Winter. Originally recorded as four separate EPs, we wrote & recorded each set of tunes in each season, which we think adds to the authenticity of the music travelling through the months.

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    Into the Wind 3:36
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    Raggle Taggle Gypsy 2:27
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    You and I 3:04
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    Stormlight 3:53
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    John Barleycorn 3:16
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    Dragonfly Sky 3:36
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    Here Comes the Sun 2:34
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    Far from the Sea 3:59
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    Migration 4:22
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    Harvest Home 2:26
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    Whiskey in the Jar 4:27
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    A Place in the Dark 2:43
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    Girl in the Moon 3:15
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    God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen 2:22
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    In the Bleak Midwinter 3:58
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    Fairytale of New York 4:16
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Runes

Whalebone

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Runes features both Celtic tinged original and traditional tunes alongside some unexpected cover versions. The range of musical styles demonstrates a band which frequently trespasses across both musical styles and borders. Instrumental music with a soul.

Whalebone introduced several new instruments to the Runes sessions including a Taylor 8-string

Runes features both Celtic tinged original and traditional tunes alongside some unexpected cover versions. The range of musical styles demonstrates a band which frequently trespasses across both musical styles and borders. Instrumental music with a soul.

Whalebone introduced several new instruments to the Runes sessions including a Taylor 8-string baritone guitar, mandolin, cello and a range of percussion instruments that brought a new dimension to the music. Written and recorded in the Shropshire countryside, Runes features both Celtic tinged original and traditional tunes alongside some unexpected cover versions.

The range of musical styles – from the almost-classical ‘Christchurch Cathedral’ to the summery feelgood riffs of ‘Severn Sins’ and from the plaintive urgency of a version of Derek and The Dominos’ ‘Layla’ to the interweaved lines of ‘Entangled’ demonstrates a band which frequently trespasses across both musical styles and borders. 'The Birds Are Still Singing' deals with the loss of loved ones and a realisation that life continues and ‘Justify’ features the mystical sound of the 8-string baritone guitar – a tune that justifies the instrument.

The logo on the front of the album is based on a floor tile in an ancient Welsh Church, St. Aelahaiarn's in Guilsfield, Powys. The tile showed 3 interconnecting points in the centre of a circle, reminiscent of a Celtic knot and symbolises the band – 3 musicians weaving and intertwining musical lines to create Whalebone’s sound.

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    Mog's Reel 2:52
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    Entangled 3:38
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    Paint It Black / Devil in the Kitchen 3:27
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    Christchurch Cathedral 3:32
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    Layla 4:12
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    Justify 3:56
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    Ducks On the Roof 3:22
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    Scarce O' Tatties 2:25
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    Severn Sins 3:51
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    Tamlin 3:36
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    Dream On 3:53
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Three Fires

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Acoustic music, classic rock & original tunes. FATEA Runner up Instrumental album of the year. CKUA Top 10 folk album of the year. R2 Magazine ****

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    November 4:17
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    Wildcat / Bonnie Nellie Reel 4:16
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    Sweet Child 'O Mine 4:48
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    Corndon Morning 3:01
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    The Boxer 5:49
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    The Gathering 4:05
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    Wait 4:45
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    Three Fires 3:01
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    Danny Boy / Londonderry Air 3:48
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    Hooty Mullock 3:36
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    Red Moon 3:44
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    Stairway to Heaven 6:37
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Christmas Singles